A 55-year-old woman has succumbed to the burn injuries she sustained in a fire caused by cooking gas leakage in their house in the city's Mugda area on November 22. Shefali, 55, succumbed to her burn injuries at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) around 9pm Monday, said Dr SM Ayub Hossain from the institute. Read: Fire breaks out at Gazipur jhut godown Earlier, three members of the same family died of the burn injuries they suffered in the fire at their ground-floor apartment in Matobbor Gali of Mugda. The deceased were Shefali’s daughter Priyanka, (32), her husband Shudhangshu (35), and son Arup (5). Priyanka’s brother Palash had said that the four family members suffered burn injuries as they lit the stove in the morning unaware of the gas leakage. Read: Narayanjganj fire: One succumbs to burn injuries, two battling for lives Later, they were taken to the burn unit of the Dhaka hospital, where they died of their injuries over the past one week.

A 35-year-old man, who sustained injuries in a fire in the city’s Mugda area, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sudhangshu, a resident of the area. Read: Gazipur: Over 200 shanties gutted in fire, hundreds homeless Dr SM Ayub Hossain of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Sudhuangshu, who received 25 percent burn injuries on November 22 (Monday) succumbed to his injuries in the early hours on Saturday. The fire broke out from gas cylinder leakage around 7.30 am on Monday on the ground floor of an apartment at Matobbor Gali of Mugda. Four of a family- Sudhangshu, Prianka, 32, Arup, 5 and Shefali, 55- sustained burn injuries during the fire. Priyanka’s brother Palash said that the four family members suffered burn injuries as they lit the stove in the morning unaware of the gas leakage. Read: Massive fire rages on in Ctg chemical factory Later, they were taken to the burn unit of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Priyanka, who received 72 percent burns, succumbed to her injuries around 3am on Tuesday while her son Arup died around 11pm on Monday.

A woman and her five-year-old child have succumbed to the burn injuries they sustained in a fire caused by cooking gas leakage in their house in city's Mugda on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Priyanka (32) and her son Arup. While Priyanka, who received 72 percent burns, died of her injuries around 3am on Tuesday, her son with 67 percent burns died around 11pm on Monday, said Dr SM Ayub Hossain of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Also read: 4 of a family burnt in Mugda fire Priyanka’s husband Sudhangshu (35), with 25 percent burns, and 55-year-old mother-in-law, with 35 percent burns, are currently undergoing treatment at the institute of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. The fire broke out around 7.30am Monday at their ground floor apartment in Matobbor Gali of Mugda. Priyanka’s brother Palash had said that the four family members suffered burn injuries as they lit the stove in the morning unaware of the gas leakage. Also read: Rupganj rice mill fire: Two injured workers die

Four members of a family, including a child,  suffered burn injuries as a fire broke out in a flat at Mugda in Dhaka on Monday morning. The injured are- Sudhangsu, 35, his wife Priyanka, 32, their son Arup, 5 and Priyanka’s mother Shefali, 55, residents of the area. Read: SSC examinees, others suffer as transport strike begins in Sylhet Priyanka's brother Palash said the fire broke out when Priyanka  attempted to light the gas stove with a matchstick in the morning, leaving the four members of the family seriously injured. The injured  are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Read: Journo among 20 hurt as BNP men, police clash in Natore Ayub Hossain, a resident surgeon at the hospital, said Sudhangsu sustained 25 percent burn wounds while Priyanka 75 percent, Arup 67 percent and Shefali 35 percent. The condition of three of the injured is critical, he added.