Four staff including two women of a restaurant sustained burn injuries in a fire in Bhatara area of Dhaka on Wednesday.
The injured are Four Star Restaurant's Chef Tarikul Islam Tarik, 39, his assistant Md Harij, 30, female staff Laily Begum Khadija, 43 and Rahima Begum, 38.
Of them, two are now undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
The restaurant’s waiter Babul Hawlader, who brought the injured to the hospital, said a fire broke out in the kitchen from an electric short-circuit located behind Bhatara police station when all were engaged in working around 9am, leaving the four injured.
Gas cylinders were used as fuel in the restaurant, he said.
The Burn Institute’s physician Dr Tarikul Islam said chef Tarik sustained 7% burn, Haris 12%, Khadija and Rahima 3% each.
Of them, two injured were released after giving first aid, he added.