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30 people injured in gas cylinder blast in Kaliakoir

Published : Thursday, 14 March, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 422
Staff Correspondent
At least 30 people, including women and children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at Kaliakoir in Gazipur on Wednesday.
 
Inspector Bachchu Mia, In-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost said the identities of the injured could not be known immediately.

Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defence Deputy Director Abdullah Al Arefin said that a gas cylinder exploded at a colony next to Top Star Garment Factory around 6:00pm.

The injured were taken to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, hospital sources said.

  Ayub Ali, Duty Officer of Konabari Fire Station, said a fire engine is working at the spot to extinguish the fire.

bdnews24.com adds: The injured, who were being treated at the emergency department.

Mridul Kanti Sarker, the assistant registrar of the institute, confirmed the number of people admitted to the facility after the incident.

Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen visited the institute and spoke to the victims.

One of the injured, Rafiqul Islam, said a family left a kitchen cylinder in an alley after gas started leaking from it.

A fire spread following an explosion when many people were using the street just before Iftar, he said.

Rafiqul, a garment factory worker, was passing by the street at the time.

Another injured, Ariful Islam, 40, said most of the people on the street at the time of the explosion were injured.

Abdullah Al Arefin, the deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defence, said resident Shafique Khan brought a refilled cylinder, from which gas was coming out while he was replacing the empty one in his kitchen.

He then threw the cylinder out on the street, where fire from a clay stove triggered the explosion, Arefin said.

Residents of the area rushed the injured to local hospitals, from where they were sent to Dhaka.


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