Almost half a kilometre road in Sagarika area under Pahartali police station in the city subsided following a gas pipeline explosion Thursday.
The fire service officials suspected that the explosion might occur from an underground gas pipeline.
On information, a 30-member rescue team of fire service and officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company reached the spot.
Mujibur Rahman, officer of Agrabad Fire Service told the Dhaka Tribune that almost half a kilometer concrete road in the area got damaged.
“The underground gas pipeline might have caused the explosion,” added the officer.
“A portion of the road got ruptured and damaged. Besides, a slab of drain blew off and a culvert was badly damaged in the incident,” said Ranjit Kumar Barua, Officer-in-Charge of Pahartali police station.
However, none was injured in the explosion, said the OC.