The death toll from the
fire caused by a gas cylinder blast in
Gazipur's Kaliakair upazila went up to 10 as five more burn victims, including a 9-year-old child, succumbed to their injuries at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Sunday evening and early Monday.
The deceased RMG garment worker, Nargis Khatun, 22, who was declared dead around 6:50 pm on Sunday, lost her husband, Mahidul Khan, earlier in the morning.
Dr Tariqul Islam, residential physician at the burn institute, confirmed the matter adding that Nargis suffered 90 percent burns.
Meanwhile, Johirul Islam, 40, son of Aynal Fakir, hailed from Sirajganj's Shahjadpur, Motaleb, 45, Solaiman, 9, and Rabbi, 13, were declared as dead in different times of early Monday.
They all were suffered 65 to 95 percent burns in their body, said the physician.
Earlier on Saturday night, three-year-old Taieyba, daughter of Sajal of Mymensingh's Fulbaria upazila, died while undergoing treatment at the Burn Institute. She had 80 percent burns.
Her seven-year-old brother Tawhid is also being treated at the hospital.
Last Friday morning, 45-year-old RMG worker Md Solaiman Mollah, a resident of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj, died while receiving treatment at the Burn Institute with 95 percent burns.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday evening.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out from a gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
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