Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- Three members of a family have been burnt in an explosion caused by a gas cylinder leak in Chandpur's Kachua Upazila.

The incident occurred around 4am on Wednesday at a house in Hossainpur village, said Kachua South Union Administrative Officer (Additional Duty) Md Nasir Hossain, bdnews24.com reports,

The injured are Khadija Akhter, 30, her husband Md Mahmudul, 36, and Khadija's sister-in-law Sheuli Akhter, 40.

All three are undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

Mahmudul's younger brother Hasan said Khadija had gone to the kitchen to prepare sehri when the explosion occurred.

"There was already a gas leak in the cylinder. When she tried to light the stove, it exploded,"...