Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- A woman and her five-year-old son died after a fire, believed to have originated from a gas leak, broke out at a house in Dhaka. Two others were also seriously burnt in the incident.

Priyanka Baroi, 30, succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the early hours of Tuesday.

Her son, Arup Buddha, died at the hospital at 11:00pm on Monday.

An explosion rocked the house and sparked the fire in the Dakshin Mugda area earlier in the day.

Priyanka suffered burns on 72 per cent of her body, while Arup faced burns on 67 per cent of his body, said Dr SM Ayub Hossain, the resident doctor at the burn institute, reports bdnews24.com.

The conditions ...