A Correspondent:
Mymensingh: Eleven people including seven children sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at Char Kalibari in Mymensingh city on Tuesday.
Ten of the injured were identified as Meem, 5, Rahim, 7, Soleman, 5, Yeasin, 5, Manik, 9, Tariqul, 30, Sohel, 45, Kohinur, 40, Ismail and Salma, 25.
Jahangir Alam, sub-inspector of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, said a gas cylinder used by balloon vendor Tariqul went off with a big bang at his house under ward No 32 of the area in the after-noon, leaving eleven people injured.
The tin-roof of the two houses blew away during the explosion.
On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and rescued the victims after extinguishing the blaze, said Julhas Uddin, station officer of Mymensingh Fire Service Control room.
The injured were taken to the Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital.
