After 2 children, father dies from burn injuries
After siblings Nahar Khan (3) and Md Yasin Khan (6), their father Md Kausar Khan (42) died yesterday in the aftermath of the fire that originated at a house in Munshiganj Sadar's Muktarpur area on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the family's matriarch Shanta Begum (38) is also being treated for sustaining 48 percent burns at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital, confirmed its resident surgeon SM Ayub Hossain.
Under treatment at the same hospital, Kausar breathed his last around 7:45am. Hailing from Kishoreganj Sadar, he was working as a river transport engineer in a cement factory of Muktarpur in Munshiganj.
The four of them lived in a room on the first floor of a four-storey building, where the fire broke out around 4:15am on Thursday.
The hospital's resident surgeon SM Ayub Hossain said, "Kausar sustained 54 percent burn injuries, including in his trachea, which led to his demise."
"His daughter Nahar had sustained 32 percent burns, while Yasin had 44 percent," he informed.
"He (Kausar) spoke to me even this morning. But he couldn't finish what he was saying and died mid-sentence," said Abdullah Al Masud, brother-in-law of deceased Kausar.
He said Kausar's body will be taken to his native home in Kishoreganj after an autopsy. Nahar and Yasin were also buried there.
Contacted, Munshiganj Titas Gas Assistant Officer Tariqul Islam Tuhin said it was initially thought that the family had inadvertently left the gas stove on and slept through the night. The fire started after they tried to switch on the electricity of any one of their appliances, he added.
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