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Death toll rises to 10 from Bangladesh's last week cylinder blast

Mar 19, 2024

Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 19: The death toll from last week's gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has hit 10 with four more injured succumbing to their injuries, an official said Monday.
The victims died in the Intensive Care Unit of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, said Partha Sankar Pal, a resident physician of the institute.
"With this, the death toll in the explosion rose to 10," he told journalists, adding that the death toll may rise further as several more critically injured patients are undergoing treatment.
On March 13, more than 30 people, including women and children, were injured after a gas cylinder caught fire following an explosion at a shanty in Gazipur.
Source: Xinhua

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