Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Four members of a family, including two children, have suffered burns in a fire at a house in Gazipur's Sadar Upazila.

The injured were taken to the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Friday morning after the incident occurred around dawn.

The victims have been identified as Molsin Prodhan, 30, his wife Selina Akhter, 25, and their children Sohad, 4, and Shayan, 5.

Members of the family saw that a sofa in the house was on fire around dawn. The flames then spread to the wooden roof and two motorcycles that were parked on the verandah. The blaze eventually spread to the rest of the house.

The cause and source of the fire have yet to be confirmed.

The injured were first taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medic...