Gazipur gas cylinder blast: 1 more dies, death toll now 14

The death toll in the Gazipur gas cylinder explosion rose to fourteen, as another person succumbed to his burn injuries early Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Kamala Khatun, 65.

She breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (SHNIBPS) around 4am. 

Confirming the matter, Dr Md Tariqul Islam, Resident Physician of the SHNIBPS, said she had 80 percent burn injuries. 

Earlier, the victims who died at the burn unit were identified as Solayman Mollah, Monsur Ali, Taiba, Ariful Islam, Mohidul, Nargis Khatun, Jahirul Islam, Motaleb, Solayman, Rabbi, Tawhid, Yeasin Arafat and Moshiur Rahman. 

On March 13, at least 35 people, including women and children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at Telirchala area Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur. Thirty-two of them were admitted to the SHNIBPS in a critical condition. 

Locals said a cooking gas cylinder started leaking at a house of one Shafik Khan in the area. Later, he brought the cylinder to the main door and threw it out on the road, leading to the explosion.