Dhaka, March 7 -- Ten people, including women and children, suffered burn injuries in an explosion caused by a gas leak from a cylinder at a house in the capital's Uttara area early Friday.

All the injured have been admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, hospital authorities said.

The injured were identified as Md Rubel, 28, his pregnant wife Sonia Akter, 25, their daughter Roja, 3, Sonia's elder sister Riya, 27, Rubel's cousin Md Enayet, 32, Enayet's wife Dulara Khatun, 28, their son Junayed, 13, Enayet's brother Md Habib, 30, Enayet's niece Ayesha, 19, and Abul Kalam Rubel, 35.

The explosion occurred early in the morning on the second floor of Abul Kalam's house in Kamarpur of Uttara, near Membarer Bari on Se...