Three people sustained severe burn injuries in a gas explosion at a house in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj early Sunday.
The injured Alam, 35, Ramjan, 22, and Rifat, 22 are house painters by profession and hail from the Cumilla district.
Neighbours said they heard a big bang from the house, owned by one Khalil Munshi, in the Bashmuli area around 12am. The three men living in the house were found burned, and the tin roof of the house was blown off.
The three were rushed to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka and are now undergoing treatment, said Md Bachhu Mia, inspector at Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost.
Quoting the person who brought the three injured men to the hospital, the inspector said the explosion could have happened due to a gas cylinder leak in the house.
Dr Tariqul Islam, a resident surgeon of the burn institute, said that Alam sustained 72 per cent burn injuries, Ramjan 58 per cent, and Rifat 28 per cent burn injuries, and they are in critical condition.
Nure Azam Khan, officer-in-charge of Fatullah Model Police Station, said that on information, a team was sent to the site and action will be taken based on the investigation.
