Man killed in ‘cylinder blast’ at Old Dhaka's Bangshal warehouse

Another man suffers severe burns and is being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital

A man has been killed and another critically injured in a suspected gas cylinder explosion at a motorcycle parts warehouse in Old Dhaka's Bangshal.

The blast struck the warehouse in Mukim Bazar's Shia Goli around 4:30am on Friday.

The victim was identified as Delowar Hossain, 35, a motorcycle parts trader.

His cousin Nazmul Hossain, 33, was admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in critical condition.

Hamidul Islam, who took them to hospital, said a gas leak apparently triggered the cylinder explosion at the warehouse behind Halim Motors.

The blast sparked a fire and brought down part of a wall, which fell on Delowar.

Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel rescued the two and took them to the hospital around 6:30am, where doctors declared Delowar dead.

Delowar, a resident of Shia Goli, hailed from Sharsha Upazila in Jashore and was the father of one child.

Md Faruk, officer-in-charge of the DMCH Police Camp, said the blast was initially believed to have been caused by a gas leak.

Delowar's body has been kept in the morgue for a postmortem while Bangshal Police Station has been informed.