An explosion in a commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Tuesday resulted in 17 fatalities and more than 100 injuries, with the death toll likely to increase as rescue efforts continue, local authorities said.
Police said the explosion occurred in a six-story building in the capital’s Gulistan area at around 4.50 p.m. local time, severely damaging its first two floors, Dhaka Tribune reported.
The explosion also damaged some surrounding structures. The cause of the blast is unclear, but police suspect a gas leak.
“Due to the explosion, the glass of that building fell inside the building next to us. The signboards of that building flew and fell in front of us on the road,” Shariful, a survivor of the incident, told reporters….