Couple suffers burn injuries in Ashulia
A couple suffered severe burns following a gas cylinder blast in their house in Ashulia yesterday.
The injured -- Rofiqul Islam,30, and his wife Lizu Begum, 25 -- are RMG workers, said Humayun Kabir, station officer of DEPZ fire service in Savar.
They were rushed to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Javed Masud, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Ashulia Police Station.
Rofiqul suffered 30 percent burns while his wife 80 percent, Humayun quoted doctors as saying.
The blast occurred when one of them lit a matchstick, said Humayun.
The couple use gas cylinder for cooking, he said.
The explosion might have taken place due to a gas leak, he added.
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