Another Uttarkhan gas fire victim dies

A young woman who along with seven other people suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out in a flat at Beparipara in Uttarkhan area early Saturday died at Dhaka Medical College on Tuesday night, taking the death toll from the incident to four, reports UNB.

Purnima, 35, succumbed to her injuries around 11:00pm, said hospital sources.

The fire broke out at their flat on the ground floor around 4:00am on Saturday following a leakage in the gas pipeline, leaving eight inmates injured.

The injured were taken to the DMCH where two Azizul, his wife Muslima alias Urmi and Sufia died earlier.