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Thursday | October 22, 2026 | Dhaka

3 burnt in Tongi explosion from ‘gas leak’

 National Desk
 Published: 12:09 AM, 22 October 2026  Updated: 10:36 PM, 21 October 2026

Three members of a family suffer burn injuries in an explosion apparently from accumulated gas due to leak in gas pipeline at a house in Cherag Ali Market area of Tongi in Gazipur on Wednesday.

The injured were s LKal Chan, 65, Nasima, 50 and Tanisa, 16.

Dr Sultan Mahmud Shikdar, resident surgeon of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said a fire broke out from accumulated gas, leaving three people injured.

The injured were taken to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 7:30 am.

Among the injured, Lal Chan received 95 percent burn injuries while Nasima and Tanisha were injured with 85 percent burn, he said.