4 of a family injured in Gazipur fire

Fire spreads after an explosion in Kathra area of Gazipur City Corporation on Saturday moring. Photo: Masud Rana
Fire spreads after an explosion in Kathra area of Gazipur City Corporation on Saturday moring. Photo: Masud Rana

Four members of a family sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in a house at Kathoa of Salna in Gazipur on Saturday, reports UNB.

The injured are Yakub Ali, his wife Aklima, their son Swapon, and Yakub's father-in-law Noor Mohammad.

Hearing a big bang, local people rushed to the house of Yakub Ali Mondol around 4 am, said local ward counselor Shahidul Islam.

They rescued Yakub Ali, his wife, son and father-in-law from the house and admitted them to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital.

They were shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital as their condition deteriorated, he added.

The origin of the fire could not be known yet, Shahidul said.