Four children sustained severe burn injuries in a fire explosion created by toxic gas generated from a toilet on Saturday night.
The four children are Zara, 4, Sara, 6, Jihad, 9, and Raquib, 12, all members of an extended family residing at the house of Adab Ali in Savar's Aminbazar area.
On Saturday around 9:30pm, when the whole area was under darkness following a nationwide power outage, a malodour started coming out of an old abandoned toilet situated on the ground floor of the building, said Sayem Sarker, uncle of the four.
Sensing the malodour, the children went down there with a candle and as soon as they opened the door of the toilet, the fire spread immediately and grilled them in a severe manner, he said.
They were admitted to the burn unit of Enam Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition.
Doctor Nazim Uddin of the hospital said as the fire came in touch with the toxic gas it spread immediately and burnt the children.
The children had sustained 30%-40% injuries, however, they were now out of danger, he said.
