Gas blast kills 5-yr-old in Jashore

A five-year-old child died in a gas explosion in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila this afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Toha Khatun, daughter of Badsha Mia, a resident of Narayanpur village in the upazila, reports our Benapole correspondent.

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The blast took place when the child tried to light a stove in his home around 3:00pm, Mijanur Rahman, sub-inspector at Benapole Port Police Station, said.

It was a gas leak that caused gas to accumulate in the kitchen, he said.

“There was no one else at home when the explosion took place,” said Asia Khatun, mother of the victim.

Toha was taken to Jashore General Hospital where doctors declared her dead.