Seven days before the blast, a pipeline for cooking gas was repaired next to the seven-storey building in Siddikbazar, they said after visiting the site, adding that gas might have escaped through a leak and accumulated in a confined space.
The death toll in the explosion at a seven-storey building in Dhaka's Phulbaria area of Gulistan has risen to 18. Three are still missing.The Dog Squad team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is searching to rescue if any of the missing are stuck .