Four people suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in the Naojor Bazar area of Gazipur last night (4 November).
The injured were taken to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka for treatment following the explosion at around 9pm.
Among them, Ahad, 19, sustained burns to 55% of his body and is in critical condition, said Dr Sultan Mahmud Sikder, resident surgeon (emergency) at the institute.
He said Abdullah, 18, suffered burns to 20% of his body; Ahad, 19, to 55%, Ashraful, 26, to 15%, and Naim, 25, to 4%.
Abdullah, Ahad and Ashraful have been admitted to the institute’s High Dependency Medical Unit (HDMU), he added.
Ahad’s condition is critical, while Naim has been kept under observation in the emergency department.
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