Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Four members of a family, including two children, sustained burn injuries as an air conditioner caught fire in a house at Kathalbagan in the city early Monday.

The injured were identified as Moniruzzaman Liton, 42, a magician by profession, his wife Maria FerdousTumpa, 27, their daughter Laiva, 8 and nine-month old son Livan.

Raihanul Ashraf, senior station officer of Mohammadpur Fire Station, said the fire originated from the air conditioner after an electric short circuit on the 2nd floor of a four-storied building, leaving the four people injured.

The injured were taken to a hospital, he added.

Dr Partha Shankar Pal, residential doctor of Burn Unit, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Liton sustained 50 percent in...