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Published : 15 May 2026, 01:08 PM
A man has died from his injuries following a gas leak explosion in Narayanganj's Fatullah, leaving behind his three sons who were also burnt in the same incident.
The victim, 50-year-old Abdul Kader, passed away at 10:45am on Friday, according to Shawon Bin Rahman, a resident surgeon at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Kader, an autorickshaw driver by profession, had suffered burns to 57 percent of his body.
The blast took place on Monday morning at a rented house in Kutubpur Rakhibazar, near Shibu Market.
Kader’s three sons -- identified by single names as Mehedi, Sakib and Rakib, aged 17, 16 and 16 -- are still undergoing treatment at the same hospital.
Mehedi sustained 18 percent burns, while Sakib and Rakib suffered 17 percent and 25 percent respectively.
The siblings work as street food vendors and factory hands to support their family.
Originally from Chandpur’s Matlab Upazila, the family lived in a single-storey house.
At the time of the explosion, Kader and his sons were asleep while his wife was outside collecting water for cooking.
Fire Service and Civil Defence officials believe gas had leaked from a line, turning the room into a "gas chamber" before a spark triggered the blast.
This fatality comes on the heels of another tragic incident in the nearby Giridhara.
Just a day before Kader’s accident, a couple and their three children were burned in a similar gas leak explosion, with all five later dying at the burn institute.
