Microbus gas cylinder blast kills 5 in Faridpur

UNB, Faridpur :

At least five people were burned dead after the gas cylinder of a microbus exploded on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Maligram in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Saturday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Tayumul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police, said a fire broke out in the microbus as its gas cylinder went off, leaving five people dead on the spot.

On information, police and fire service men rushed to the spot.