Balloon gas cylinder blast in Cumilla: Injured 5th grader dies after 17 days

An injured fifth grader died last night, who suffered burn injuries from an explosion of helium gas cylinder that injured around 40 people including 35 children, after fighting for life for 17 days at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

The victim, Sabbir Hossain (14), son of Salauddin and Khaleda Begum of Malipara under Mokora union of Nangalkot upazila, died at around 10:30pm last night while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the burn institute, reports our Cumilla correspondent quoting the victim's father.

He was undergoing treatment at the ICU since January 24, his father said, adding that 14 bags of blood were given to Sabbir but the doctors could not save him.

Six others injured are still undergoing treatment at the burn institute.

On January 13, around 40 persons sustained injuries when a helium cylinder, used to pump gas into balloons, exploded in Cumilla's Nangalkot upazila.