5 of a family hurt as auto-rickshaw catches fire
Five members of a family, including children aged eight and three years, suffered burn injuries after a CNG-run auto-rickshaw caught fire in Chattogram's Bakalia area yesterday.
The family were travelling on the auto-rickshaw to visit relatives on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The injured -- Bilkis Begum, 28, Josna Begum, 28, Sathi Akter, 17, Jannat, 8, and Kainat, 3 -- were admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital's burn unit, said Bakalia Police Station's Officer-in-Charge Abdur Rahim.
The gas cylinder of the vehicle exploded due to the fire, he said. Locals doused the flame and rushed the injured to CMCH.
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