A woman and her daughter were killed and four members of the same family injured in a fire that broke out following the blast of a gas cylinder at the Jaflong in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila early Monday.
The deceased were Jasmine Akter, 30, and daughter Sumaiya Akter, 12 while the injured were Jesmin Akter's husband Yaqub Mia, mother-in-law and two children Zubair and Junaid.
The fire broke out at the shop and house of Yaqub Mia at Rasalpur village around 12:30am following a gas cylinder blast, leaving his wife and daughter dead, said KM Nazrul Islam (OC) of Gowainghat Police Station.
Locals rescued the injured and informed the fire service and police.
The fire service and police personnel with the help of locals brought the blaze under control after about two hours and recovered the bodies of the deceased.
The injured were taken to Jaintapur Upazila Health Complex first in critical condition and then shifted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
