The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila reached 17 as another burn victim died early Saturday (March 30).

Kuddus Khan 45, son of Suruj Ali of Kaliakair upazila, breathed his last around 4 am at the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Kuddus had suffered 80 percent burns, said hospital's resident medical officer Tariqul Islam.

Earlier, 16 victims died at the institute.

On March 13, a cooking gas cylinder caught fire at a residence in the Mouchak area of Kaliakair Upazila, Gazipur.

When the residents of the house threw the cylinder out on the road, it exploded, leaving 32 people, mostly pedestrians, seriously injured.

BDST: 1311 HRS, MAR 30, 2024
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