Eight Victims of Benapole Express Fire in Critical Condition

Eight victims of the Benapole Express train fire, including two children, are fighting for their lives at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. They are suffering in the hospital with mental trauma, burnt airways. Some of them got 5, 8 to 9 percent burns. The burn unit said everyone is in critical condition. Even all of their respiratory systems have been burnt, leaving them in critical condition, according to Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Chief Coordinator of the country's Burn Institutes. Today Saturday (January 6) Sheikh Hasina burn unit Chief Coordinator Dr. Samanta Lal Sen gave this information in a press conference.

He said, “some of them suffered burns on 8-10 percent of their bodies. But the fire damaged their respiratory tracts. That's why none of them are safe."

He also said, ‘’ He said that the bodies of Asif Mohammad Khan 8 percent of and 5 percent of Nafiz Alam was burnt. All have burnt airways. We have kept them under observation. Everyone's condition is critical.’’

Earlier four people, including three family members, were burnt to death when the Benapole Express was set ablaze by arsonists near Dhaka's Gopibagh on Friday night. The incident occurred on the eve of the BNP's 48-hour hartal aimed at disrupting the election.