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Death toll from Chattogram gas blast rises to five
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 25 Feb 2026, 01:42 PM
Photo: Collected
The death toll following an explosion apparently from a gas leak at Halishahar in Chattogram has risen to five with the death of two more victims.
Four other victims remained in critical condition, doctors said.
Md Sakhawat Hossain, 46, and Ashura Akter Pakhi, 35, succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka late on Tuesday night.
Sakhawat was a motor parts businessman in Halishahar of Chattogram, and Pakhi was his younger brother’s wife.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sakhawat’s wife Nurjahan Akter Rani, 40, their son Safayat Hossain Shawon, 16, and Sakhawat’s younger brother Samir Ahmed had died from their injuries, confirmed Sakhawat’s business partner, Monsur Ali, to Daily Sun on Wednesday morning.
A fire broke out at a house in Halishahar from accumulated gas, leaving nine members of the same family injured on Monday night.
The victims were initially admitted to a local hospital and later transferred to Dhaka for advanced treatment.