The death toll from a gas pipeline explosion at a mosque outside the Bangladeshi capital has risen to 24 while officials were investigating how a leak during an evening prayer caused the accident.
Explosion, The fire service officials suspect was caused by a leak from the pipeline Dozens of people were seriously injured as worshipers were about to end their prayers at a mosque in Narayanganj district on Friday night.
Dozens of people were rushed to the state-run Special Burn and Plastic-Surgery Hospital in Dhaka, most of them with severe burns.
Samantha Lal Sen, coordinator of the burn unit, informed the dead on Saturday Including a seven-year-old boy. He said doctors were treating at least 37 people with burns on 90 percent of their bodies.
Mohammad Ratan, a local resident, said: “I saw a big explosion and smoke was coming out of the mosque and people were screaming. Some people were walking in the street trying to ignite flames on their bodies. .
Fire officials said the explosion was caused by gas leaking from a leak in a pipeline running under the mosque.
“We mainly suspect that gas leaked from the pipeline and accumulated inside the mosque after the windows were closed. When the air conditioners were turned on, the gas would have exploded due to sparks,” said Abdullah al-Arefin, a senior fire service official.
Local TV stations reported that at least six air conditioners also exploded inside the mosque due to the impact of the blast.
Officials have launched an investigation into the blast.
Safety regulations in Bangladesh are often flouted in construction. Hundreds die every year in fires in a country of 168 million people.
Improper installation of gas lines is always reported by the Bangladeshi media, while unplanned road digging often leads to disasters in the country in search of rapid industrial expansion and economic development.
In February last year, 78 people were killed in a hell in the old quarters of Dhaka. A month later, 25 people were killed when an office building collapsed in the city.
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