Online Report : Five members of a family, including three children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at their house in the capital`s Aftabnagar early Saturday.

The explosion occurred around 12:30AM.

Victims Tofazzal Hossain, 45, his wife Munsura Begum, 35, and their three children Tanzila, 11, Mithila, 7, and Tanisha, 4, are currently undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Md Sharif, neighbour of the victims, said the family live on the ground floor of a building at Dakkhin Anandanagar Ansar Camp Bazar area. Suddenly at night, the gas line exploded, leaving five injured.

Sharif and others rescued them and took to the hospital.