A couple and their baby sustained severe burn injuries in an explosion, suspected to be caused by a gas leak, in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj early today.
The burn victims are: Arijit, 35; his wife Rinku, 28; and their 19-month-old son Kabbo.
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Quoting one Arman Ali Mollah who took the injured to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, Dhaka Medical College Hospital's police outpost in-charge Md Bachhu Miah said that Rinku went to the kitchen to heat up milk for her son around 3 am.
When she was about to turn on the stove, there was an explosion, leaving all three family members critically injured, he said.
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Hearing their screams, neighbour Arman rushed to the spot and took them to the burn institute, he said.
Arijit, who works for an NGO, had 14 percent burns, Rinku had 80 percent burns, and Kabbo had 20 percent burns, the police officer said, quoting physicians.
Rinku’s condition was stated to be critical, he added.
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Primarily, it is being assumed that the explosion was caused by a gas leak.