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Among the burn victims, 14 are admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute for Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka and their condition is also critical, said Perth Shankar Pal, a resident physician at the institute.
He said that of the 36 people who were brought to the Burn Institute from the Baitus Salat Jame mosque in Narayanganj in burning conditions, 21 died at 11pm on Saturday.
Later, Julhas Uddin (30) and Shamim Hossain (48) died in the early hours of Sunday. The death toll rose to 23 with them.
Model Fatullah OC Aslam Hossain police station said Shamim Hossain was the treasurer of the mosque committee. The imam and muezzin of the Baitus Salat Jame mosque also died earlier.
OC Aslam Hossain said that the bodies of 20 of the 23 people killed had been handed over to their families. They were also buried in the local cemetery after Janaza.
6 BC Narayanganj mosque suddenly explodes, more than 50 burned
Explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj
What happened in that mosque
The death toll in the air conditioning blast at the mosque has risen to 21
Six air conditioners exploded simultaneously during Esha prayers at the Baitus Salat Jame mosque in the western part of Narayanganj city. Five units of the fire service arrived at the scene and controlled the fire after half an hour.
At that time, more than fifty people in the mosque were burned. 36 of them were admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
Said the coordinator of the institute. Samanta Lal Sen said: “Those who are admitted are not safe. His condition is very bad. “
Narayanganj DC Jasim দ্ uddin visited the Burn Institute on Saturday morning. He announced that he would pay 20,000 rupees to the families of the dead and 10,000 rupees to the wounded on behalf of the district administration.
The fire service said the gas pipe that ran through the bottom of the mosque had a gas leak and caused an explosion due to an electrical short circuit.
Debashish Vardhan, deputy director of the fire department, told bdnews24.com: “We have found the existence of freon gas used in the air conditioning in the air inside the mosque. It is investigating if there are any other incidents behind this.”
The Fire Service, Titas Gas and the district administration have formed three committees to investigate the incident.
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