At least seven people received burn injuries following an explosion in a hand sanitizer godown in Rajabari area of Kamarpara in the city on Saturday.
The injured were identified as rickshaw garage owner Gazi Mazharul Islam, 48, Md Mizan, 35, Md Nur Hossain, 60, Md Alam Mia 20, Masum, 35, Md Al-Amin, 30 and Md Shaheen, 25.
Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Torag Police Station said that the blast occurred around 11:45am in a godown of hand sanitizer, leaving seven people wounded.
Local people rescued them and rushed to the emergency department of the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, he said.
Resident surgeon SM Ayub Hossain of the institute said most of the injured are in critical condition.
