7 killed, 15 injured in Ctg gas pipeline explosion

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CHATTOGRAM, Nov 17, 2019 (BSS)) – At least seven people including a child and a government
primary school teacher were killed and 15 others injured in a suspected gas pipeline
explosion in a house in city’s Patharghata area this morning, police said.

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

The gas pipeline is presumed to have exploded on the ground floor of a
building in front of five-storey Barua Building in Patharghata Brick Field
Road area at about 8.50 am, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station
Mohammad Mohsin told BSS.

The blast blown the walls of the building off, killing seven people on the
spot and injuring another 15, the police official quoted eyewitness as
saying.

The injured persons were whisked off to Chattogram Medical College
Hospital, he added.

The effect of the explosion also caused damage to a nearby building gate, a portion
of wall of Barua building and a stationary microbus at its garage,
eyewitness said.

After being information, police and firefighters rushed to the scene to
carry out the rescue operation.