Family of four burned after AC catches fire
A family of four, including two children, suffered serious burn injuries after an air conditioner caught fire in their house at Kathalbagan in the capital early yesterday.
The injured are Moniruzzaman Liton, 42, a magician; his wife Maria Ferdous Tumpa, 27; their daughter Laiva, 8, and nine-month-old son Livan.
They were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Partha Sankar Pal, resident surgeon of the burn unit.
Of them, Liton’s condition is critical as 50 percent of his body has been burnt, and taken to the intensive care unit. Tumpa suffered 25 percent, Laiva 17 percent and Livan seven percent burn injuries.
Raihanul Ashraf, senior station officer at Mohammadpur Fire Station, said the fire originated from the air conditioner around 5:15am due to a short circuit on the second floor of a four-storey building.
However, the AC did not explode. The windows or doors would have been smashed if an explosion had occurred, he added.
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