Staff Reporter:
One of the 35 victims who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Wednesday, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Md Solaiman Mollah, 45, a resident of Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj and used to work for a readymade garment factory in the Kaliakair upazila.
Dr Parth Shankar Pal, residential physician of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said the RMG worker succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at around 11:30 am.
Solaiman had been undergoing treatment with 95 percent burns, he said.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three patients were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out in a cooking gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair Upazila of the district around 6:00 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
They were first taken to nearby hospitals. Later, they were shifted to the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
