DOT Desk
Another victim of Dhaka’s Uttarkhan house fire succumbed to his injuries early yesterday, raising the death toll to six, reports The Daily Star.
Sagor, 12, a seventh grader at a local school, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 1:30am, said Dr Partha Shankar Paul, a resident surgeon of the unit. He had suffered 66 percent burns, he added.
Sagor used to live with his mother Purnima, 35, and grandmother Sufia Begum, 60, both of whom died while receiving treatment at the burn unit.
His body was handed over to one of his relatives.
They were among eight people burnt after their three-bedroom flat in Beparipara area caught fire on October 13. They all were related to each other and originally from Pabna.
On the day of the fire, Azizul Haque, 27, a worker at a poultry feed factory, and his wife Muslima Aktar, 20, died at DMCH. Their relative Dablu Mondal, 33, a rickshaw-puller, succumbed to his injuries later.
Dablu’s wife Anjuara Begum, 30, with six percent burns and their six-year-old son Abdulla Sourav with 12 percent burns, are still under treatment at the burn unit.
Fire officials suspected that the blast and the fire occurred due to a gas leak in the kitchen.