, Feb. 23 -- Four members of a family including a woman and a child were burned when a fire broke out apparently from a gas leak at their rented house in Hazaribagh area early Monday.

The victims are Sheikh Roman, 35, his wife Pinky Akter, 32, their three-year-old son Mayan, and Roman's brother-in-law Apu, 23.

The family was living on the ground floor of a building at East Rayar Bazar under Hazaribagh.

Md Mamun, who brought the victims to National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, said the fire broke out following an explosion in the house.

Local residents rescued the victims and took them to the hospital.

Assistant Professor Dr. Shaon Bin Rahman, a resident doctor at the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, said Roman suff...