, Aug. 23 -- Four members of a family, including two children, fell ill from smoke inhalation following an air conditioner (AC) explosion on the seventh floor of a multi-storey building in Keraniganj Model Town on Saturday afternoon.

The victims have been identified as Mohammad Mamun, 45, his wife Laki Akter, 38, and their sons Mihad, 16, and Siam, 12.

They were rescued around 1:15 pm and rushed to the Emergency Department of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

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Dr. Shawon Bin Rahman, residential surgeon at the institute, confirmed that all four were brought in from Keraniganj following the AC explosion.

"All of them are currently under observation at the emergency ...