A 75-year-old man who sustained severe burn injuries in a fire in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Monday evening succumbed to his injuries ata Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Moyna Kha, son of late Yeasin Kha of Baganbaria village of the upazila.
Locals said Moyna had been bed-ridden for the past six years due to his illness and living with his wife as their six daughters married off.
6 of a family burnt in fire in Dhaka’s Bhashantek
On Monday evening, a fire broke out in the house when Moyna was smoking that left him severely burnt, they said, adding that his wife managed to come out of the house during the accident.
Initially he was rushed to 250-bed Magua Sadar Hospital and later shifted to DMCH where he died around 3am.
Md Idris Ali, officer-in-charge of Sreepur police station, said a case was filed in this regard.