One of the seven persons injured in Thursday’s Gazipur filling station fire has died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The deceased is Mithu, 26, a resident of Moulvibazar.
Mithu, with 100% burns, breathed his last at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of DMCH at 8am on Friday, said the hospital’s police outpost in-charge, Md Bacchu Mia.
On Thursday evening, the fire was triggered by an explosion that occurred in a cylinder-laden van while refuelling gas at Wahed Ali Filling Station in Gazipur’s Borobari area.
Three firefighting units brought the blaze under control by around 8pm, said Iqbal Hossain, senior station officer of Tongi Fire Service.
The seven people who sustained burn injuries in the fire had been all standing nearby. They were rushed to Tairunnesa Memorial Medical College Hospital (TMMCH).
Mainul Islam, a resident doctor at TMMCH, said five of the injured were shifted to DMCH in critical condition.
The other injured undergoing treatment at DMCH are Al Amin, 25, Anwar, 30, Sirajul Islam, 28, and Parvez, 33.