Armanitola Fire: One more dies at hospital, death toll now five

Another person burnt in the chemical storage fire in Dhaka's Armanitola on Friday, died yesterday morning.

Deceased Shafayet (35) was undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, confirmed Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the institute.

With Shafayet, the death toll in the incident rose to five.

Shafayet suffered 25 percent burn injuries including in his windpipe, the doctor said, adding that he succumbed around 7:30am.

Shafayet's father Delwar Hosen (55), mother Layla Begum (45), brother Shaker Hosen (30), wife Mili Aktar (25), and two-year-old daughter Yashfa were also injured in the incident and are currently admitted to the same hospital. Three among the family members are in the ICU, said Dr Samanta Lal Sen.