Gazipur cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 14

Another person, who was burnt in a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery early Wednesday (March 20), raising the death toll from the incident to 14.

Kamala Khatun, 65, breathed her last around 4:30 am.

Dr Tarikul Islam, residential doctor of the institute, confirmed the matter.

Kamala sustained 60 percent burns, he said.

At least 36 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair of Gazipur on Wednesday (March 13).