At least 11 people including women and children sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out at a residential building apparently due to gas leakage in Chattogram's Chandgaon area in the small hours on Friday.
The identities of the injured could not be known immediately.
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The injured were admitted to the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said Jahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandgaon Police Station.
The fire broke out on the 3rd floor of a multi-storey building of Osman Gani in Shankar Dewanji Haat under the Chandgaon Police Station around 12:30am.
Three families reside in four units on the third floor of the building. The fire originated on the floor due to a leak in the gas line, he added.
The extent of the damage from the fire is yet to be ascertained.