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Gazipur cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 10

  • Victims include two children
  • 35 people were injured in the incident
Update : 18 Mar 2024, 12:01 PM

The death toll from a cylinder blast in Gazipur last week has risen to 10 with four more injured succumbing to their injuries.

The deceased are Golam Rabbi, 11, Solaiman, 9, Zahirul Islam, 40, and Motaleb, 40. 

They passed away in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery from last night until Monday morning.

Rabbi suffered burns on 90% of his body, Solaiman 80%, Zahirul 65%, and Motalib 95%, said Partha Sankar Pal, resident physician of the institute. 

The bodies have been kept in the morgue, he added. 

At least 35 people were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a house in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on March 13.

The incident took place in a shanty town of Shafiqul Islam Shafiq in Kaliakair around 6pm. 

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