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Published: 28 Jun 2021 03:34 AM BdST
Updated: 28 Jun 2021 03:34 AM BdST One of the injured in the building collapse in Moghbazar s Wireless Gate area is being rushed to the hospital after being rescued on Sunday, Jun 27, 2021.
At least 400 people injured in the blast and collapse of a building in Moghbazar have been treated across five hospitals in Dhaka. );
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Many of them were given first aid while the gravely wounded were kept under observation at the hospitals.
An explosion rocked the Wireless Gate area as an old three-storey building came crashing down around 7:30pm on Sunday.
The blast was so powerful that the shock wave smashed the glasses of nearly a dozen buildings around it while also hitting the Aarong outlet which was located beyond a flyover on the other side of the road.
Powerful explosion in Dhaka kills seven, injures hundreds; police suspect gas leak
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Police have ruled out any foul play behind the horrific explosion in Moghbazar area at around 7.30 PM on Sunday and said the initial investigation of the site suggests that the explosion might have been caused by gas accumulation .
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A powerful explosion that destroyed an old three-storey building in a crowded area here in Bangladesh s capital and killed at least seven people and injured around 400 others may have been caused by a faulty gas line or gas cylinders, authorities said on Monday.
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Explosion in Dhaka may have been caused by a faulty gas line or gas cylinders, authorities said on Monday.
A powerful explosion that destroyed an old three-storey building in a crowded area here in Bangladesh s capital and killed at least seven people and injured around 400 others may have been caused by a faulty gas line or gas cylinders, authorities said on Monday.
Police have ruled out any foul play behind the horrific explosion in Moghbazar area at around 7.30 PM on Sunday and said the initial investigation of the site suggests that the explosion might have been caused by gas accumulation . Authorities suspect the building that collapsed was the epicentre of the explosion as it had a restaurant and a faulty gas line or gas cylinders used by it could be the reason behind the blast.
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Dhaka, June 28
A powerful explosion that destroyed an old three-storey building in a crowded area here in Bangladesh s capital and killed at least seven people and injured around 400 others may have been caused by a faulty gas line or gas cylinders, authorities said on Monday.
Police have ruled out foul play behind the horrific explosion in Moghbazar area at around 7.30 pm on Sunday and said the initial investigation of the site suggests that the explosion might have been caused by gas accumulation .
Authorities suspect the building that collapsed was the epicentre of the explosion as it had a restaurant and a faulty gas line or gas cylinders used by it could be the reason behind the blast.
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