Four people, including two children, sustained burn injuries in an explosion while cleaning a water tank at a residence in Tannery intersection area of Hazaribagh’s Jigatola on Saturday evening.
The injured are Zia Uddin, 45, a leather trader, his daughters Nazia Sultana Rafia, 8, and Faria Sultana, 3, and a tenant of the house Belal Hossain, 30, who is a day labourer.
The injured were taken to the emergency department of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 10:45 pm on Saturday, reports UNB.
Belal was reportedly cleaning the reserve tank at Zia’s house near Tannery Intersection around 4:00pm, when the explosion took place after an electric bulb was turned on inside the tank—presumably due to accumulated gas. The incident was described by Md Shahporan, Zia’s nephew, who brought the injured to the hospital.
They were first taken to a local hospital and was later transferred to the burn institute.
Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon of the institute, said Belal sustained 17 percent burns, Zia 4 percent, Faria 5 percent, and Raifa 6 percent.
“Except for Belal, the rest were released after treatment as their conditions were stable,” the doctor said.