Fire from gas stove kills father and son in Rohingya refugee camp

Two people have succumbed to burn injuries they suffered during a fire incident at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.

Cox’s Bazar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 17 May 2022, 05:45 PM
Updated : 17 May 2022, 05:45 PM

The dead have been identified as Nur Alam, 59, and his son Anwar Mustafa, 12, residents of Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya.

They died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, according to Superintendent of Police Naimul Haque, commander of the 14th Armed Police Battalion.

On May 12, Alam, his wife and two children were burnt when a fire broke out at his shanty when the gas stove pipe got disconnected during cooking. Two more neighbours were also injured while extinguishing the fire.

The locals took them to the nearby hospital and three of them were transferred to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

The bodies will be taken to the refugee camp after autopsy, the police officer said.