1 killed as car gas cylinder explodes in Ashulia

A person was killed and three others were injured as a gas cylinder of a car exploded today at Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

The explosion took place when the cylinder of the car was being refilled in Ashulia's Nayarhat area, Moniruzzaman, a sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station, told the daily.

Further details could not be known immediately.