Gas line explosion in Chattogram

Published: 17 Nov 2019 20:11 BdST Updated: 17 Nov 2019 20:11 BdST

At least seven people have died after a gas pipeline exploded on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Fire service personnel conducting a rescue drive after a gas pipeline exploded on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Relatives mourn loved ones who lost their lives in the deadly gas pipeline explosion took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

  • At least seven people have died after a gas pipeline exploded on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Relatives mourn loved ones who lost their lives in the deadly gas pipeline explosion took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Relatives mourn loved ones who lost their lives in the deadly gas pipeline explosion took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Relatives mourn loved ones who lost their lives in the deadly gas pipeline explosion took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

  • A rickshaw overturned after being hit by a gas pipeline explosion that took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • A rickshaw overturned after being hit by a gas pipeline explosion that took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • A three-wheeler vehicle became mangled metal after being hit by a gas pipeline explosion that took place in a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • A three-wheeler vehicle became mangled metal after being hit by a gas pipeline explosion that took place in a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Fire service personnel conducting a rescue drive after a gas pipeline exploded on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Fire service personnel conducting a rescue drive after a gas pipeline exploded on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

  • Fire service personnel conducting a rescue drive after a gas pipeline exploded on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick Field Road in Chattogram on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead. Photo: Suman Babu

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