At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured in an explosion at a filling station in Rangpur city on Saturday.
The deceased, Sohag, worked as an engineer at the CO Bazar LPG Auto Gas and Conversion Centre, a Liquefied Petroleum Gas station. Sohag along with several others were reportedly working to repair the gas tanker when it blew up.
Rangpur鈥檚 Kotwali police officer-in-charge Md Ataur Rahman said that an engineer working at the LPG station died with 20 others injured in the incident happened at about 12:00 noon.
鈥楾he blast severely damaged at least 30 vehicles, including ambulances, private cars, and motorcycles, that were at the station. Doors, windows, and structures of several nearby buildings also collapsed,鈥� OC Ataur said.
Rangpur Fire Service Civil Defence deputy assistant director Badsha Masud Alam said that the station had been closed for the past seven days due to a leakage in the gas line.
鈥楻epairing was going on when the explosion occurred. The impact damaged numerous vehicles parked nearby, including two long-distance buses,鈥� he added.
