Actress Sharmeen Akhee suffers burn injuries at shooting spot fire

Sharmeen Akhee, an actress on the small screen, suffered burn injuries in an explosion in the bathroom of a make-up room at a shooting spot in the capital on Saturday.

The explosion occurred from electrical sparks in the bathroom of the shooting spot near Pallabi police station in Mirpur on Saturday afternoon, leaving her seriously injured, UNB reports.

She was first taken to Islamia hospital and later shifted to the high dependency unit (HDU) of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 6:45pm.

She is currently receiving treatment at the hospital, said Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Chief Coordinator of the burn institute.

He said that her condition was critical as her respiratory tract was affected with 35 percent burns.