Mayor’s wife burnt in blast dies
Mirkadim Municipality Mayor Abdus Salam's wife, who sustained severe burn injuries during an explosion caused by gas leakage at their residence on Tuesday, died at a hospital in the capital yesterday.
Deceased Kanun Begum, 40, was undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute in Dhaka with 80 percent burn injuries, police said.
At least 13 people, including Kanun, were injured in the blast that occurred inside a kitchen on the second floor of the building on Tuesday.
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