1 dead, at least 6 injured after AC compressor explodes at high-rise in Dhaka’s Gulshan area
One person died and at least six others were injured after the compressor of an air-conditioner exploded at a high-rise in Dhaka's Gulshan this afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Azizul Haque (35), an AC mechanic, said Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, deputy commissioner of Gulshan Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Fire service officials suspected that Azizul died when the first explosion took place on the rooftop of the 14-storey Empori Financial Center building where there is an AC chiller plant.
Later there was another explosion at the UAE visa processing centre on the ground floor of the same building, leaving at least six people injured.
Fire service officials recovered the body from the rooftop of the building.
On information two firefighting units rushed to the spot and were working towards removing the debris, the fire service official Abul Kalam Azad said.
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