At least seven people have been burnt after a cylinder-carrying covered van caught fire while refueling gas at a filling station in Gazipur on Thursday.
According to locals, the covered van caught fire soon after it entered Wahed Ali Filling Station in Gazipur’s Borobari area.
Seven people who were sitting inside the covered van were soon engulfed by the fire. They were rushed to Tahirunnesa Memorial Medical College Hospital (TMMCH) and were later shifted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery for better treatment, said locals.
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“Three firefighting units brought the blaze under control around 8:00pm,” said Iqbal Hossain, Senior Station Officer of Tongi Fire Service and Civil Defense.
Mainul Islam, a doctor at TMMCH, said that five of the injured were shifted to Dhaka after receiving treatment at their hospital.
“Another person who had 40 percent burn injuries was immediately sent to Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute from the hospital’s gate,” Mainul added.
Shuvo Debnath, a duty doctor at Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute, said that tracheas of the five injured have been completely burnt in the accident.
"All of the injured have sustained 30 percent to 100 percent burn injuries. They are currently undergoing treatment in a critical condition," said Shuvo.