Dhaka, Sept 07 – With the death of two more victims from Narayanganj mosque airconditioner blasts at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Sunday night, the death toll from the incident has reached 26.The deceased were identified as Abul Bashar Molla, 51 and Monir Farazi, 30, said said Partho Shankar Paul, the resident physician of the institute.
The blast that took place at a mosque in Fatullah on Friday night left around 40 people injured. Of them, 37 were immediately taken to the Dhaka hospital in critical condition.
A total of 26 people have so far succumbed to their injuries at the burn institute.
The other deceased were identified as Julhas, 35, Shamim, 45 and Md Ali Master, 55, Md Delwar, 48, Muazzin of the mosque, Jewel, 7, Md Jamal, 40, Sabbir, 18, Jubayer, 18, Humayun Kabir, 70, Kuddus Bepari, 70, Md Ibrahim, 42, Mostafa Kamal, 34, Rifat, 18, and Junayet, 28, Md Rasel, 30, Mainuddin, 12, Joynal, 50, Kanchan Hawladar, 50, Nayan, 27, Rassel, 34, Baha Uddin, 55.
The Incident occurred after the Esha prayer on Friday night. First, one airconditioner exploded spreading fire. Soon after all other airconditioners exploded engulfing the devoteed in the mosque in fire.
The cause of the explosions is yet to be ascertained. However unconfirmed sources said that natural gas has been leaking from a pipeline in the area for some time. – UNB
