Two people suffered serious burn injuries after a gas cylinder fitted in a car caught fire in the capital's Asad Gate area on Thursday night, police said.
The injured are Rubel Dutta, 45, a merchandiser of a buying house and owner of the car, and Uzzal Kumar,35, driver of the vehicle, Nayan Biswash, brother-in-law of Rubel, said.
The incident occurred around 10:30pm as Rubel, a resident of the Green Road area, was returning home from his office in Uttara, Bacchu Mia, in-charge of the DMCH Police Outpost, said.
Locals rescued the two and took them to Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital at first. Later, Nayan Biswas took both of them to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Rubel and Uzzal are now undergoing treatment over there.
The doctors said Rubel suffered 60% burns and Uzzal 40% and that they are still not out of the woods, he added.