A 14-year-old girl, injured in a gas explosion in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday night, making her the third member of the same family to lose her life in the tragedy.
The victim, Munni Chowdhury, daughter of Manab Chowdhury, had sustained 28% burns and was undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. She breathed her last around 9:45pm, confirmed resident surgeon Dr Shawon Bin Rahman.
Earlier, her parents Manab and his wife Bacha also died from burn injuries at the same hospital.
Two other daughters, Tinni, 12, with 22% burns, and Mouri, 6, with 36% burns, remain under treatment.
On September 4, all five members of the family suffered burn injuries when accumulated gas caused an explosion at their residence near the BSCIC area of Sonargaon.
