At least six members of a family have sustained burn injuries in an explosion in gas pipeline in Kafrul area of Mirpur in the capital.
The untoward incident took place early yesterday and the victims were admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
The six are SM Delwar Hossain, 45, his wife Saleha, 40, the couple’s daughters Amena, 25, and Fatema, 12, and son Jahid, 14, and their one-year-old grandson Arman.
All of them suffered 16-40% burn injuries, said DMCH police outpost SI Sentu Chandra Das.
Kafrul police station Assistant Sub-Inspector Abul Hasan said a leaked gas pipeline got exploded in a tin-shed house at Purba Senpara Parbata of the area around 1:10am, leaving the six hurt.
Besides, their neighbour named Ratan also received burn injuries when he approached to help them.
Delwar alleged that he had informed the matter to his landowner several times but he did not pay any heed to the concern.
However, Fire Service Control Room Officer Brajan Kumar Sarkar said they finally managed to distinguish the blaze and got admitted the injured to the hospital.
Kafrul police station Officer-in-Charge Sikder Md Shamim Hossian said: “Someone has lit a cigarette unknowingly amid the stored gas leaked from the pipeline and the whole house caught fire.”
