A fisherman on Sunday succumbed to his burn injuries sustained in a fire after a gas cylinder exploded inside a fishing trawler at ghat-6 of Nuniachara in Cox’s Bazar.
The deceased was identified as Osman Gani, 20.
He breathed his last on Sunday night while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said Brigadier General Md Shamim Ahsan, director of the hospital.
Osman was admitted to the hospital on Friday with 60 per cent burns.
Earlier on Friday morning, 12 fishermen suffered burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded inside the trawler.
Of the injured, two injured fishermen were sent to Dhaka for better treatment.
And the rest of the injured burn with 60-90 per cent, are currently being treated at the hospital and their condition is not so good, the CMCH director added. “Their respiratory tracts were also affected.”
Mizanur Rahman, ward-2 councillor of Cox’s Bazar municipality, said the cylinder exploded while cooking, leaving 12 fishermen injured.
