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A 4-year-old child who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Badda in Dhaka died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Sunday. Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the institute, said Tanzila,4, who sustained 66% burns, died at 3 pm today. BNP activist killed in factional clash in Jashore, six held Besides, Tofazzal Hossain, 45, Munsura Begum, 35, and their two other children Mithila, 7 and Tanisha, 11 are undergoing treatment at the institute. Tofazzal and four of his family members suffered burn wounds in a fire originated from accumulated gas of a gas cylinder in the kitchen of their house at Badda on Saturday.

A one-year-old child who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Narayanganj died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Saturday. Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the institute, said Ayan succumbed to his injuries around 7:30 am. 4 burned in gas explosion in Manju Textile in Narayanganj The fire broke out following a gas cylinder explosion at Manju Textile mill in Kazi Para area of Rupganj upazila on Thursday, leaving four people injured.  

A worker died and two others sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a dockyard in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman, a resident of Dohar of Dhaka and the injured were Shahidul and Yunus Mia. The gas cylinder exploded at Shanghai-8 ship at King Fisher Dockyard in Darikandi area around 10 am, leaving three workers of a ship severely injured, said Rupganj Police Station Sub-Assistant Inspector Shahidul Islam Khan. Read more: Two die a week after Sylhet gas cylinder blast The injured were rushed to US Bangla Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared Nuruzzaman dead, he added. The body has been sent to Sadar General Hospital morgue.

Two Rohingyas, who suffered burn injuries following a gas cylinder fire at Ukhia camp in Cox's Bazar five days ago, died at Chattogram hospital on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Nur Alam, 59, and his son Anwar Kamal, 12. SP Naimul Haque, commander of Cox's Bazar Armed Police Battalion-14 (APBn-14), said the father-son duo died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) at noon. On Thursday, six Rohingyas, including children, sustained burn injuries from a gas cylinder fire at the house of Nur Alam at Block D/4 of Ukhia Rohingya Camp 1/East. READ: N'ganj gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 3 "Nurul Alam's wife was trying to light their gas stove in the morning but it did not work. She might have left the gas cylinder on to light the stove with a matchstick, which caused the fire," said Naimul. Nur Alam, his wife, their two sons and two others from a nearby home sustained burn injuries from the fire. They were first sent to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital and later to CMCH.

At least 10 people, including a child, suffered injuries as a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded at Aliganj in Fotulla of Narayanganj on Sunday morning. The incident occurred around 9 am when a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded following a cigarette fire as some workers were repairing the vehicle behind a tin-shed house of Abdul Baten in Beparipara area of Fatullah's Aliganj, said Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, quoting locals. Read: 4 hurt in Agargaon coffee machine blast The type of the vehicle was not immediately known. Seven occupants of the house were burnt in the blast. Among the injured, six were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. They are Hafsa, 6, Alam, 40, Judge Mia, 50, Sathi Aktar, 20, Asma, 40, and Hasina Momtaz, 38. The others are doing well after receiving first aid, said the official. Meanwhile, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost, said Alam and Judge Mia are in critical condition as they sustained more than 90 per cent burns on their bodies while Tahmina Akhter 80 per cent and Hasina Mumtaz 66 per cent. Read: Worker dies in Ctg gas cylinder blast However, the child Hafsa sustained 16 per cent burn injuries, her mother Sathi Aktar sustained six per cent and Hasina 66 per cent, SM Ayub Hossain, resident physician at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

A 30-year-old worker was killed in a gas cylinder explosion at a steel factory in Bashbaria area of Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Ranjit Das, son of Shridam Das of Kumira Ghatghar area of the upazila. Police said the gas cylinder went off when Ranjit was cutting scrap iron inside the rod factory of GPH Steel Ltd around 12pm, leaving Ranjit dead on spot. The body was sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) morgue, said Ashraful Karim, assistant superintendent of Police (ASP) of Sitakunda circle.

Four members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire triggered by a cooking gas cylinder blast in their house in the Char Muktarpur area of Munshiganj's Sadar upazila on Thursday. The victims have been identified as Kawsar, 42, his wife Shanta, 38, and their children -- Yeasin, 6, and Fatema, 3. They lived on the first floor of a two-storey house. Read: Jatrabari gas cylinder blast: Another victim dies, death toll now five Dewan Azad Hossain, duty officer of Dhaka Fire Service and Civil Defense control room, said the fire broke out at the first floor of the building following the cylinder blast around 4.30 am, leaving all the four members of the family injured. On information, a fire tender rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze. The injured were immediately rushed to Munshiganj General Hospital from where they were shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

A man, who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the city’s Jatrabari area, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday night, raising the death toll from the incident to five. The deceased was identified as Kabir Dewan, 38. Read: Jatrabari gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 3 Kabir, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital with 85 percent burn injuries, breathed his last around 10:30 pm, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost. On Saturday afternoon, six people received burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop in Sayedabad area of Jatrabari in the capital. They were all rushed to DMCH. Read: 6 suffer burns in Jatrabari gas cylinder explosion Of the victims, Robin was given first aid while the five others were undergoing treatment at the hospital as they received serious bun injuries. Bishwanath Dutta, 48, died at the hospital on Sunday while Md Ripon, Shafiqul and Abdul Kalam succumbed to their injuries on Tuesday.

Another man, who sustained injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the city’s Jatrabari area, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday night, raising the death toll from the incident to four. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 50. Read: Jatrabari gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 3 Shafiqul, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital with 88 percent burn injuries, breathed his last at night, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost. On Saturday afternoon, six people received burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop in Sayedabad area of Jatrabari in the capital. They were all rushed to DMCH. Read: 6 suffer burns in Jatrabari gas cylinder explosion Of the injured victim, Bishwanath Dutta, 48, died at the hospital on Sunday while MD Ripon and Abdul Kalam succumbed to their injuries on Tuesday. Besides, the condition of another victim, Kabir Hossain, 35, who received 85 percent burn injuries, is stated to be critical.

The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in the city’s Jatrabari rose to three with the death of another  victim at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 45. Kalam, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital with 80 percent burn injuries, breathed his last around 9:30 am, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost. Earlier, another victim, Md Ripon, son of late Ali Hossain of Bhola district, succumbed to his injuries at DMCH in the early morning . Also read: Jatrabari cylinder blast: One more dies at Dhaka hospital On Sunday, another victim of the explosion, Bishwanath Dutta, 48, died at the hospital. On Saturday afternoon, six people received burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop in the Sayedabad area of Jatrabari in the capital. They were all rushed to the Dhaka hospital. Also read: 6 suffer burns in Jatrabari gas cylinder explosion