Two children, balloon vendor killed in gas cylinder blast
Three people, including two children, were killed and nine others injured as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded at a school playground in Cox's Bazar's Maheshkhali upazila yesterday morning.
The cylinder exploded suddenly when a vendor, named Mohammad Alamgir, was inflating balloons at Matarbari High School playground around 10:30am, said Mohammad Abdul Hi, officer-in-charge of Maheshkhali Police Station. Several makeshift stalls were being built on the playground marking an annual programme of Azizul Ulum Madrasa, Mohammad Ullah, chairman of Matarbari Union Parishad, told The Daily Star.
Two children died on the spot while vendor Alamgir died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, OC Abdul Hi said, adding that nine injured children were undergoing treatment at local hospitals and CMCH.
The two deceased children were identified as Mohammad Ehsan, 12, Sadekul Islam Rahat, 12, he said.
Of the injured, three children were admitted to the CMCH with 10-45 percent of their bodies burnt, said Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, head of the burn unit at the hospital.
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