Five members of a family sustained burn injuries Tuesday in Keraniganj as a fire started from increased pressure in the cooking gas line due to a faulty riser.
The injured were identified as Julhas,55, his wife Shahida Begum, son Atikur Rahman,22, and Enamul,19, and daughter Tanzila,14, residents of a third floor apartment in Jinjira Tawapatti area under model police station
Officer-in-Charge of Keraniganj model police station said five of the family got injured as a fire broke out at the house around 7 am when they lit the stove for making breakfast.
Locals took the injured immediately to Sheikh Hasina National Institute Of Burn and Plastic Surgery after rescuing, said the OC.
According to hospital sources all of the injured sustained 30 per cent to 55 per cent body burn in the accident.
After the incident a team of Keraniganj Fire service visited the apartment and said the fire started from increased gas pressure caused by the faulty riser.
A diary has been filed at the police station in this regard, said the OC.
