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9 of a family suffer burn injuries in N’ganj fire

Greenwatch Desk Fire 2025-08-23, 11:56am

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Nine members of a family sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house apparently from gas pipeline leak at Hirajhul village in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj district early Saturday.


The victims were identified as Tanjil Islam, 40, a day labourer, his wife Asma Begum, 35, their two children—Trisha Akter, 17 and Arafat, 15, Salma Begum, 32, sister of Asma and her husband Hasan, 35, a day labourer and their three children—Imam Uddin (one-month), Jannat, 4 and Muntaha, 11.

Quoting Rakibul, a family member of the victims, Dr Sultan Mahmud Shikdar, resident surgeon of National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery, said the fire broke out at the semi-pucca house around 3 am, leaving them injured, reports UNB. 

Among them, Hasan received 44% burn injured, Jannat 40 %, Muntaha, 37%, Salma 48%, Imam Uddin, 30%, Arafat 15 %, Trisha Akter, 53 %, Asma, 48 % while Tanjil was given first aid, said Dr Sultan.