Four people suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out due to a gas cylinder leak at a house in Fatullah of Narayanganj district on Saturday night.
The victims were identified as Goni Mia, Syed, Milon and Chaina Begum. All of them are workers of a jhut godown.
The fire broke out on the fourth floor of a five-story building, owned by Bulbul Mia, around 12:30 am when someone tried to light the gas stove with a match stick, said Abdullah Arefin, deputy director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense.
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Four injured people were taken to Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot but local people extinguished the blaze before the arrival of the firefighters.
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The fire might have erupted from the accumulated gas due to leakage in the gas cylinder pipe, said Arefin.