Six members of a family, including two children, suffered severe burns in a fire in their house in the capital's Bhasantek area today.
The injured were rushed to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in a critical condition. They are Md Liton, 48, a furniture trader, his wife Surya Banu, 35, their three children Liza, 18, Lamiya, 7, and Sujon, 9, and Liton's mother-in-law Meharunnahar, 70.
The fire broke out on the ground floor of the house in Natun Bazar Calvert Road area around 4:00am today.
Quoting the injured, their neighbour Moyna Begum said that early in the morning, Liton lit a mosquito coil, which led to the fire. All other members of the family were asleep at that time.
Torikul Islam, a resident surgeon at the burn institute, said the injured were in a critical condition. Liton suffered 67 percent burns, Surya 82 percent, Liza 30 percent, Lamiya 55 percent, Sujon 43 percent, and Meharunnahar 47 percent.
The cause of the fire are yet to be determined.
