Three Suffer Burns As Gas Cylinder Blasts At Malibagh Restaurant

Three people were injured in a gas cylinder explosion following a fire at a restaurant in the capital's Malibagh area on Wednesday evening.

The injured are Md Sabuj, 20, Md Maruf, 16, and Julhas, 18. They all are the staff of "Shahjalal Hotel and Restaurant".

Later, the burnt Sabuj, Maruf and Julhas were rescued and admitted to the burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 7:30 in the evening. And Hannan has been admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Towhid, a colleague who brought them to the hospital, said that in the evening they were selling iftar in front of the restaurant. Suddenly, a fire broke out following the leakage of the pipe of the gas cylinder that left three of them injured.

Inspector Md Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, said all the victims suffered burn injuries in their hands and parts of their legs.

They are undergoing treatment at the hospital, he added._UNB