The death toll from the Gazipur filling station fire rose to three, with another victim succumbing to his burn injuries at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as filling station worker Al Amin, 30. Originally from Gopalganj district, Amin was a resident of the Board Bazar area of Gazipur, reports UNB.
Amin, who sustained 50 per cent burns, breathed his last at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of DMCH at 6:45am, said SM Ayub Hossain, a resident surgeon of the hospital.
Two other burn victims of the same fire -- Anwar, 30, and Sirajul Islam, 28 -- are being treated at the same hospital, and their condition is also critical, said the surgeon.
Earlier on Monday morning, driver Parvez, 33, who sustained 86 per cent burns succumbed to his injuries. On Friday, another injured, named Mithu Mia, 26, who suffered 100 per cent burns died at the same hospital.
On October 13 evening, the fire was triggered by an explosion that occurred in a cylinder-laden van while refuelling gas at Wahed Ali Filling Station in Gazipur’s Borobari area.
The seven people who sustained burn injuries in the fire were all standing nearby.
They were first taken to Tahirunnesa Memorial Medical College Hospital (TMMC) and five of them were later shifted to DMCH in a critical condition.
