Cylinder explosion injures 4 of a family in Munshiganj

Gas cylinder blast
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Four members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire triggered by a cooking gas cylinder exploded in their house in the Char Muktarpur area of Munshiganj's Sadar upazila on Thursday, reports UNB.

The victims have been identified as Kawsar, 42, his wife Shanta, 38, and their children -- Yeasin, 6, and Fatema, 3. They lived on the first floor of a two-storey house.

Dewan Azad Hossain, duty officer of Dhaka fire service and civil defence control room, said the fire broke out on the first floor of the building following the cylinder blast around 4.30am, leaving all the four members of the family injured.

A fire service team rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze.

The injured were immediately taken to Munshiganj General Hospital from where they were shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, he added.