Twenty people have been confirmed dead following the suspected gas explosion and fire at a mosque in Dhaka.
The death toll from a suspected gas explosion and fire at a mosque outside the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka has risen to 20.
Thirty-seven victims with severe wounds were taken to Dhaka's specialist burn and plastic surgery institute, he said. A seven-year-old boy who had burns on nearly 95 per cent of his body died hours after he was admitted to the hospital, according to Samanta Lal Sen, head of the burn institute.Weeks after the Beirut blast, Lebanese Civil War survivors in Australia remain retraumatisedMembers of the Fire Service and Civil Defence department, who extinguished the fire, said a gas leak might have caused the explosion.
Sixteen of the bodies were handed to their respective relatives who requested not to conduct their autopsy, said local government official Nahid Barik said.The families were given a small sum of money for conducting the rites of the deceased, he added.
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