Blast kills at least six, injures 50
Fire service officials suspect leaky gas connection behind explosion in city’s Moghbazar
A man walks over the debris of a building damaged by the explosion from what experts believe was a leaky gas connection. At least six people died and 50 others were injured in the explosion at the capital s Moghbazar area last evening. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
At least six people were killed and 50 others injured in a huge explosion on the ground floor of a three-storey building in the capital s Moghbazar last evening.
Officials of Fire Service and Civil Defence and a bomb disposal unit of police primarily suspected gas leakage to be the source of the explosion at the building on Outer Circular Road.
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