The condition of the launch fire victims who are undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery is critical, according to Dr Samanta Lal Sen, coordinator of the hospital.
He disclosed the matter while talking to reporters at the hospital on Saturday.
Some 21 people were taken to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday and 16 of them were admitted to the burn institute, where four others received first aid.
The victims, who are undergoing treatment at the hospital are Tamin Hasan, 8, who suffered 30% burn injuries, Jesmine Akter, 35, 12%, Bachchu Mia, 51, 4%, Ishrat Zahan Sadia, 22, 20%, Shahinur Khatun, 45, 25%, Marufa, 48, 15%, Selim Reza, 45, 18%, Lamia, 13, 10%, Mamtaz, 70, 8%, Mohammad Russel, 38, 18%, Bankim Majumdar, 60, 12%, Monika Rani, 40, 30%, Golam Rabbi, 20, 9%, Bikash Majumdar, 16, Khadiza, 27, 5%, and Bashir, 35, 6%.
Of the victims, Habib Khan, 45, succumbed to his injuries on Friday night.
SM Ayub Hossain, resident surgeon at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Habib breathed his last at around 11:30pm.
At least 40 passengers were burned to death and 72 others were injured after a massive fire broke out in the engine room of a launch in the middle of the Sugandha River off the coast of Jhalakathi Sadar upazila.
The blaze broke out at 3am on the Barguna-bound Obhijan 10 launch carrying some 800 passengers from Dhaka and it engulfed the entire vessel within 10 minutes.