At least nine members of the same family suffered burn injuries early Saturday after a fridge compressor exploded due to an electrical short circuit in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj.
The injured were rushed to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. They include Tanzeel Islam (40), his wife Asma Begum (35), their children Tisha (17) and Arafat (15), Hasan (35), his wife Salma Begum (32), and their children Muntaha (11), Jannat (4), and one-month-old Imam Uddin. Their mother, Tahera Khatun (60), was also injured.
Locals said the two sisters, Asma and Salma, lived with their families in adjacent rooms. The explosion occurred around 3:30 a.m., after which neighbors rushed to rescue them.