He had 96 percent of his body burned, said Sub-Inspector Bachchu Miah of DMCH Police Camp, quoting the doctors. His wife Mina Akhter, 22, died during the treatment in the burns unit of DMCH on Wednesday. A room on the ground floor of a five-storey-building in the section 11 neighbourhood of Mirpur caught fire on Tuesday. Abdullah Al Arefin, a senior officer at Mirpur Fire Service Station, said the fire originated from a leak in the gas pipeline that went along the building. “The fire started on the ground floor of the five-storey building after someone lit a cigarette.”

Source: bd News24 April 26, 2018 07:52 UTC