Gazipur cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 17

Another victim, who was burnt in the fire caused by the gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila, died early Saturday (March 30), raising the death toll from the blast incident to 17.

The deceased was identified as Kuddus Khan, 45, son of Suruj Ali of Kaliakair upazila.

Kuddus, who had suffered 80 percent burns, breathed his last around 4:30 am at the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Tariqul Islam, resident medical officer of the hospital, confirmed the news.

At least 34 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out from a leaking gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6pm on March 13.