Four of a family were burnt in a fire caused by a leaking gas cylinder at their kitchen at Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila yesterday.

They are now undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

The victims are Jahid Hasan, 40; his wife Ruma Begum, 27; their daughter Laboni Akhter, 11; and son Md Yasin, 8.

Police said Jahid works in a factory in Rupganj and lives in a rented flat in Dahargaon area.

Their daughter Laboni is a fifth grader and son Yasin a second-grader.

Talking to The Daily Star over phone, Ruma said she woke up early in the morning and went to the kitchen to lit a stove.

The fire originated after she lit up a matchstick.

Instantly, she was caught on fire. Her husband and children also sustained burn injuries as they tried to rescue her.

They were eventually rescued by the neighbours  who took them to the burn institute, said police.

The burn institute's doctor Ayub Hossain said Jahid, Ruma, Laboni and Yasin were admitted to the hospital with 29, 23, 22 and 10 percent burns on their bodies respectively.