Parents succumb to burn injuries in Jatrabari fire, daughter still in danger


FE Team | Published: April 25, 2022 12:09:04 | Updated: April 25, 2022 17:56:31


Parents succumb to burn injuries in Jatrabari fire, daughter still in danger

The mother and father have succumbed to their injuries while the two-year-old daughter, who is being treated for burns as well, is not out of danger, reports bdnews24.com.

Abdul Karim, 30, breathed his last early on Monday morning at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. His wife Khadiza Akter, 25, died soon after.

“Both of them departed this world around the same time. Their daughter Fatema is not in a good condition,” Karim’s cousin Kamal said, citing the doctors.

A grocer by profession, Karim lived with his family in a rented house in Matuail. On Apr 21, the family had woken to have sehri when the fire broke out. Neighbours took the three to the hospital.

Khadiza had burns on 95 per cent of her body, while Karim had burns on 54 per cent of his. Their daughter has burns on 35 per cent of her body.

Initially, it was believed the blaze was ignited by the explosion of a refrigerator’s compressor, but later police and Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company said the blast was caused by gas accumulated inside the kitchen.

The house had a Titas Gas connection and LPG gas cylinder as well, said Sabiul Awal, manager of Dhaka Metro South wing of Titas Gas.

“They used both. It could be the Titas gas pipeline or the cylinder that caused the blast. But no fault was found in the gas pipeline.”

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