Woman, daughter sustain severe burns in N’ganj fire

A woman and her six-year-old daughter sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house near Narayanganj Police Lines in the district on early Sunday.

The victims were identified as Nargis Akter, wife of Monir Mia, and the couple’s dauther Mariam Akter, of residents of Tagarpar area.

SM Ayub Hossain, a physician of the Burn Institute of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said that the fire broke out at the house from gas pipeline leakage at about 2:30am and engulfed the house soon.

Nargis and her minor daughter who were at the house sustained burn injuries. Monir Mia was out of the house when the incident took place.

Later, they were taken to a local hospital and then shifted to DMCH.