Five members of a family sustained burn injuries after the gas cylinder of a CNG-run autorickshaw exploded near the Shah Amanat Bridge area in Chattogram city on Monday.
The injured are Bilkis Begum, 28, Josna Begum, 28, Sathi Akhter, 17, Jannat, 8, and Kainat, 3, of North Shikalbaha Godar Par area in Karnaphuli upazila.
Nurul Alam Ashek, in-charge of the Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) police outpost, said the gas cylinder of the vehicle exploded when it reached the area around 12:45pm, leaving five members of the family injured.
They are now receiving treatment at the burn unit of CMCH, he added.
