City gas cylinder blast kills one, injures six


FE Team | Published: November 16, 2018 11:37:50 | Updated: November 17, 2018 11:21:30


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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.

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