3 burnt in gas cylinder blast
The injured were eatery owner Zoynal Abedin, 65, his son Shahid, 40, and a staff named Shajib, 22. They hail from Gonoktuli area.
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A father and his son among three people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder fire at a restaurant in the capital’s Hazaribagh area on Friday.
The injured were eatery owner Zoynal Abedin, 65, his son Shahid, 40, and a staff named Shajib, 22. They hail from Gonoktuli area.
The gas cylinder caught fire around 12 noon all on a sudden due to a leak in the pipe, leaving them injured, said Shahin, elder son of Zoynal.
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The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
“Shahid’s condition is critical with at least 41 percent burn on his body,” said Parhta Shankar Saha, a resident surgeon of DMCH.
