A faint gas smell is sometimes tolerated for hours. A regulator that hisses slightly is considered manageable. A minor spark in a switchboard is dismissed as routine. We are accustomed to improvisation in many aspects of life. Improvisation, however, is a poor strategy against combustible gases.

Injured, including a toddler, rushed to burn institute

They were admitted to the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute

Eight people, including four children from two families, suffered severe burn injuries in a fire caused by a leak in gas pipeline at a tin-shed house in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj yesterday.

Two people sustain burn injuries in a fire caused by gas leak at their residence in Dhaka’s East Rampura area.