The incident happened on the ground floor of a two-storey building, owned by Shaheed Mia, in Durgapur’s Purbachal area, said Samiul Islam, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station. The disaster took place on Saturday but the police were informed about the incident by local reporters on Wednesday. “We are trying to find out why the incident remained unreported until Wednesday,” Samiul said,“Initial inquiry suggests the explosion occurred due to leaks in the pipeline. The Fire Service and Civil Defence officials in Savar were also not informed of the incident. The relatives of the victims went to the police station on Wednesaday to start a case over the incident.

Source: bd News24 July 08, 2020 16:18 UTC