Filipino Tourist Christine Dies of Burns from Gas Leak Fire in Banani
Christine Var (33), a tourist from the Philippines who was burned in a fire caused by a gas stove leak in the capital's Banani, has died.
She died at around 3:30am on Sunday night (1 November) while undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Sixty-three percent of her body had been burned in the fire.
On the night of 28 October, Christine was burned while lighting a gas stove at a house in Block-B/1 on Road 7 in Banani.
The house manager, Mohammad Al Amin, said the fire broke out suddenly from a gas leak when the stove was lit for cooking.
Al Amin said the injured Christine was first taken to Gulshan Continental Hospital. When her condition deteriorated, she was admitted to the emergency department of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery for advanced treatment.
He added that Christine had arrived in Bangladesh on 15 October on a tourist visa. She had been staying at a flat in house 66 on Road 7 (Block-B/1) in Banani.
Dr Sultan Mahmud Sikder, resident physician at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said the Filipino woman, burned in a gas leak fire at a Banani house, had been brought to the hospital and died at around 3:30am while being treated in the ICU.
Dr Sultan Mahmud Sikder confirmed that 63 percent of Christine's body was burned at the time of her death.
