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4 suffer burn injuries in City restaurant gas cylinder blast

Fire 2024-03-20, 10:43pm

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Gas cyllinder blasts



Dhaka, March 20 --Four people were injured in a gas cylinder explosion following a fire at a restaurant in the capital's Malibagh area on Wednesday evening.

The injured are Md Sabuj, 20, Md Maruf, 16, and Julhas, 18. They all are the staff of "Shahjalal Hotel and Restaurant".

Towhid, a colleague who brought them to the hospital, said that in the evening they were selling iftar in front of the restaurant. Suddenly, a fire broke out following the leakage of the pipe of the gas cylinder that left three of them injured.

Inspector Md Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, said all the victims suffered burn injuries in their hands and parts of their legs.

They are undergoing treatment at the hospital, he added. - UNB