Four members of a family, including two children, sustained burn injuries as an air conditioner caught fire in a house at Kathalbagan area in Dhaka city early Monday.
The injured are Moniruzzaman Liton, 42, a magician by profession, his wife Maria FerdousTumpa, 27, their daughter Laiva, 8 and nine-month old son Livan, reports UNB.
Raihanul Ashraf, senior station officer of Mohammadpur Fire Station, said the fire originated from the air conditioner after an electric short circuit on the 2nd floor of a four-storied building, leaving the four people injured.
The injured were taken to a city hospital, he added.
Dr Partha Shankar Pal, residential doctor of Burn Unit, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Liton sustained 50 per cent injuries, Tumpa 25 per cent, Laiva 17 per cent and Livan seven per cent.
