The Fire Service has continued its rescue and recovery efforts for a second day at a seven-storey building in Dhaka's Gulistan where an explosion killed at least 17 people on Tuesday.
A rescue team of the service entered the scene at around 9am on Wednesday.
Babul Chakraborty, deputy director of the Fire Service, said another army team was supposed to arrive soon to join the rescue efforts.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the 17 victims were handed over to their families from late Tuesday to early Wednesday.
Inspector Bacchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost, said 19 injured people are taking treatment at DMCH.
Meanwhile, SM Ayub Hossain, a resident surgeon at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said that 10 injured people are undergoing treatment there.
The explosion at the seven-storey building on Tuesday afternoon has so far claimed the lives of 17 people.
The deceased were Mominul Islam, 38, his wife Nodi Begum, 36, Md Suman, 21, Ishak Mridha, 35, Mansur Hossain, 40, Md Ismail, 42, Alamin, 23, Rahat, 18, Mainuddin, 50, Nazmul Hossain, 25, Obaidul Hasan Babul, 55, Abu Zafar Siddique, 34, Akriti Begum, 70, Md Idris Mir, 60, Hridoy, 20, Nurul Islam Bhuiyan, 55, and Md Siam, 19.
Officials fear the death toll will likely increase as many of those rescued are critically injured.
