Fatullah blast: 3 siblings die one after another, mother only survivor

A tragic gas leak explosion in Narayanganj’s Fatullah has now claimed the lives of all three children of a family, with two sisters and a brother dying within a 24-hour span at a Dhaka hospital.

Ten-year-old Munni, identified with a single name, who had suffered 35 percent burns, breathed her last at 12:50pm on Thursday while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, according to Assistant Prof Shawon Bin Rahman.

Her death came just three hours after her younger brother, identified only as seven-year-old Munna, died at the same facility at 9:40am with 30 percent burns.

Their sister Katha, also identified with a single name, who had 52 percent of her body burnt, passed away on Wednesday evening.

With the children’s deaths, four members of the five-person family have now perished.

The children's father, 35-year-old vegetable vendor Md Kalam, died on Monday morning with 95 percent burns.

The sole surviving member, Kalam’s wife Sayma, 32, remains in critical condition at the institute with 60 percent burns.

The blast occurred early Sunday morning on the ground floor of a six-story building in the Giridhara area of Fatullah.

Fire Service and Civil Defence officials suspect gas leaked from a Titas line and accumulated in the flat overnight.

The explosion was triggered when the family attempted to light a stove or a switch, leaving all five members with life-threatening injuries.