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The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila went up to 16, as another burn victim died on Sunday (24 March).
The deceased was identified as Md Lalon, 24, son of Moynal Haque, a farmer of Sirajganj district.
Lalon, who had suffered 45 percent burns, breathed his last around 3:21 pm at the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Tariqul Islam, resident medical officer of the hospital.
Lalon, along with his wife Sabina and 27-day old daughter Lamia, used to live in the Kaliakoir area where he worked at a garment factory in the area.
Currently, ten more victims are still undergoing treatment at the hospital.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on March 13.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns, while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out from a leaking gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6pm, right before iftar (it was the second day of Ramadan). When residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
At the time, the road was bustling with people from all walks of life. Several bystanders and passers-by who had nothing to do with the house where the cylinder leaked were among the injured.
All sixteen deaths so far have occurred while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
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