At least three people were killed and 20 others injured in a gas cylinder blast in a bus in Sadar upazila of Lakshmipur district early Monday. The deceased were identified as Suman Hossain, son of Batu Mia; Md Yusuf Mia and his brother Hridoy Hossain, sons of Sujamia. They hailed from Sadar Upazila's  Charmonsha and Banchanagar areas respectively. Among the injured were Suman Hossain, Rocky Islam, Muhammad Fahad Hossain, Siraj Mia, Hriday Islam, Shah Khan, and Abdul Malek. Ten of the injured were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment. Read: Gazipur cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 17 Witnesses said that the explosion occurred at around 2 am at Green Life Filling Station in Muktiganj area when a Ramgati-bound bus of Meghna Paribahan was refueling. The blast left three people dead on the spot and injured 20 others. Al Amin, the manager of the filling station, said the victims were mostly CNG-run autorickshaw drivers and the injured included both bus and CNG drivers. Ranajit Kumar, station officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) department in Sadar upazila, said two firefighting units were sent  to the scene after receiving information. They recovered three bodies and rescued the injured. The bodies were sent to Sadar Hospital. Read more: 3 suffer burn injuries as gas cylinder blasts in Malibagh According to Kumar, the accident occurred due to the use of a substandard gas cylinder. Dr Joynal Abedin, resident medical officer of Sadar Hospital, said that the bodies were sent to morgue for autopsy while 10 injured to Dhaka for better treatment.

Seven people were burned dead and another was injured after the gas cylinder of a microbus exploded on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Maligram in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Saturday (June 24, 2023). The deceased included three women, two men and two children but their identities could not be known yet. A fire broke out in the microbus as its gas cylinder went off around 11 am, leaving five people dead on the spot and three others injured, said Tayumul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police. Read more: Couple who suffered burns in fire from ‘gas line leak’ in Dhaka's Tejgaon dies Two passengers succumbed to their injuries at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical College (BSMMC) Hospital, said Md Shahjahan, superintendent of the district police.   Injured microbus driver Mridul Malo, a resident of Sadar upazila, has been undergoing treatment at BSMMC hospital.   Read more: Wari fire death toll rises to 2 The bodies were kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he said, adding that the deceased hailed from Boalmari upazila of the district. Deputy Commissioner Kamrul Ahsan Talukder said they have already formed a five-member probe committee to look into the matter and asked to submit its report within next two days. He said Tk 20,000 was given for burial to the families of each deceased and Tk 10,000 for treatment of the injured driver. Read more: https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/man-injured-in-narayanganj-tv-blast-dies/117252

The death toll from the gas cylinder explosion that caused a fire at a house in Dhaka's Dhamrai rose to four as another injured person died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Monjurul Islam, 32. Monjurul, who sustained burn injuries to 33 percent of his body, died at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 8am, said its resident surgeon Dr SM Ayub Hossain. Earlier, Manjurul's wife Josna Begum, 25, their one-and-half-year-old daughter Mariam and niece Sadiya Akter, 18, succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Also Read: Dhamrai fire: Child victim dies at DMCH Josna's elder sister Hosna Begum, 30, is now undergoing treatment at the hospital with 25 percent burn injuries, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, said. On January 7, a fire broke out following a gas cylinder blast on the second floor of Monjurul's rented house at Kumral village in Dhamrai at around 5.30am when Josna Begum tried to light a gas stove.                

Two people including a child have been killed  as a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded  at Shangkardi village in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur district.  The deceased were Md Affan, 10, son of Dulal Mollah from Shankardi village and Md Jahidul, a balloon vendor. Officer In-charge (OC) of Rajoir police station Alamgir Hossain said the incident occurred when Jahidul was inflating a balloon using the gas cylinder at Shangkardi Government Primary School during UP election  on Wednesday. Also read: Ukhiya camp gas cylinder blast: 2 Rohingyas die at CMCH The blast left Jahidul dead on the spot and five others critically injured, Alamgir added. The injured were taken to Rajoir upazila health complex from where they were shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital later. Doctors at the hospital again sent the five injured to Square Hospital in Dhaka for better treatment where Affan breathed his last Thursday morning, Alamgir added. Also read: N'ganj gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 3

A 58-year-old security guard of a building was burned to death in a fire that broke out following a gas cylinder blast at Charipur in Feni district town on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Anisur Rahman of Phulhata Panchagram in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat district. Purnachandra Mritsuddi, deputy director of Feni Fire Service and Civil Defense, said a gas cylinder in the six-story building, owned by Abu Ahad Nayan,exploded with a big bang when Anisur was trying to light the oven for cooking around 11 pm, leaving him dead on the spot. Also read: Fire guts 4 thatched houses in Dhaka According to local people, the building has no gas connection and the tenants of the building use gas cylinder for cooking purpose. On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze. They also recovered the charred body of Anisur from the spot. Also read: Gazipur yarn godown fire under control Police suspect the explosion occurred due to gas cylinder leakage.

Two Rohingyas, who suffered burn injuries following a gas cylinder fire at Ukhia camp in Cox's Bazar five days ago, died at Chattogram hospital on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Nur Alam, 59, and his son Anwar Kamal, 12. SP Naimul Haque, commander of Cox's Bazar Armed Police Battalion-14 (APBn-14), said the father-son duo died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) at noon. On Thursday, six Rohingyas, including children, sustained burn injuries from a gas cylinder fire at the house of Nur Alam at Block D/4 of Ukhia Rohingya Camp 1/East. READ: N'ganj gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 3 "Nurul Alam's wife was trying to light their gas stove in the morning but it did not work. She might have left the gas cylinder on to light the stove with a matchstick, which caused the fire," said Naimul. Nur Alam, his wife, their two sons and two others from a nearby home sustained burn injuries from the fire. They were first sent to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital and later to CMCH.

At least 30 people suffered injuries as a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded at Biruli village in Cumilla on Thursday. The incident occurred around 5 pm when Anwar Hossain, a balloon vendor, was inflating balloons using the gas cylinder to sale those at neighboring village Mogra, said witnesses. Also read:2 injured in boiler blast in Ctg garment factory Anwar and some children sustained injuries, said Faruq Hossain, officer-in-charge of Nangalkot police station. The injured were taken to Nangalkot Upazila Health Complex and Cumilla Medical College Hospital, he said. Cumilla Medical Hospital authorities said until 9 pm 19 injured people were admitted and of them four including children were in critical condition. Also raed: Bomb blast at Ctg traffic police box: JMB leader Selim held

The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in the city’s Jatrabari rose to three with the death of another  victim at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 45. Kalam, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital with 80 percent burn injuries, breathed his last around 9:30 am, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost. Earlier, another victim, Md Ripon, son of late Ali Hossain of Bhola district, succumbed to his injuries at DMCH in the early morning . Also read: Jatrabari cylinder blast: One more dies at Dhaka hospital On Sunday, another victim of the explosion, Bishwanath Dutta, 48, died at the hospital. On Saturday afternoon, six people received burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop in the Sayedabad area of Jatrabari in the capital. They were all rushed to the Dhaka hospital. Also read: 6 suffer burns in Jatrabari gas cylinder explosion

 At least seven people died and an equal number injured after a cooking gas cylinder explosion triggered the collapse of two adjacent buildings in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday. The blast occurred in one of the two houses in Tikri village in the state's Gonda district on Tuesday night, when a family living there was cooking. The powerful explosion caused the collapse of the house and the adjacent building as well, killing at least seven people, including two women and three children, on the spot and injuring seven others, officials said. Rescue efforts are ongoing as officials fear that more people could be trapped in the debris of the two buildings. The injured have been admitted to a local government hospital, officials said. Also read: 7 injured in Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast   "We received a call about a cylinder blast that made the roof collapse of house. With the help of the police force and local people we started rescue operations," district police chief Santosh Kumar Mishra told the media.   "So far, some 14 people have been pulled out of the debris, seven of them have been declared dead and seven others are undergoing treatment at a hospital," he added. Also read: 5 of a family burnt in Chattogram gas cylinder blast   A probe has been ordered into the explosion, the police chief said.              

A woman, who suffered burn injuries following  a gas cylinder  explosion in Biswanath upazila of Sylhet district one weeks ago, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Sunday. The deceased was  identified as Dilara Begum, 60, wife of Waris Ali of Sridharpur village in the upazila. Also read: 2 killed, 10 injured in Bhola gas cylinder blast On March 22, six people including Dilara sustained burn injuries when the gas cylinder in their kitchen went off with a big bang , said Shamim Musa, officer-in-charge of Bishwanath Police Station. Injured Moinul Islam, Foysal Ahmed, Wares Ali, Naim Ahmed, Dilara Begum and Kamran Mia were taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital where doctors referred Dilara, Foysal and Moinul to the burn unit of DMCH. Also read: Titas Gas forms body to probe if gas leakage caused N’ganj mosque blast Dilara breathed her last around 7 pm on Sunday while Moinul was kept on life support. The condition of other injured is improving.