Blast from gas leak kills RMG worker in N’ganj

A readymade garment (RMG) worker, who sustained burn injuries due to explosion from a gas leakage at home in Narayanganj’s Fatullah, has died.

Sukhi Akhter, 25, died at Sheikh Hasina national institute of burn and plastic surgery in Dhaka on Monday morning, said the institution’s residential physician SM Ayub Hossain.

Md Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, confirmed the matter.

Sukhi Begum’s husband Al Amin, 25, is still receiving treatment.

The fire broke out after a blast in the kitchen around 1:30 pm, leaving the couple injured, according to Fire Service sources.

Fakhr Uddin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, said the fire might have broken out due to accumulated gas as the windows of the room were found closed during the incident.

The windowpanes and doors of the house were also blown away, and the window panes of four rooms adjacent to the house were also broken.

Some people standing outside of the house were also slightly injured during the explosion and subsequent fire.