A child was killed while six others sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Dhalpur in Jatrabari area of Dhaka city on Friday.
The identities of the victims could not be known immediately, reports a news agency.
The gas cylinder inside a house went off with a big bang around 7:00am, leaving the child dead on the spot and six other people injured, said sub-inspector Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police camp.
Later, the victims were taken to the burn unit of DMCH around 8:30.
