Four people sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in a house following a blast in the Old Dhaka's Bangshal area Saturday morning. However, they could not be identified immediately.
The injured were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery under Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said Mohammad Shahjahan Sikder, Deputy Assistant Director (Media Cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defense Headquarters.
He said the explosion occurred on the ground floor in a space between two buildings at Aga Sadeq Road, causing three walls to collapse partially.
On information, three units of fire fighters rushed to the spot around 4:45 am and took the injured to the hospital, he said.
However, the origin of the fire is yet to be known.
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