Cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city
A balloon vendor was killed after a gas cylinder used for inflating balloons exploded in the capital's Banani area yesterday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Lal Mia, 45, from Kalmakanda Upazila in Netrokona district.
As the vendor was inflating balloons on Road 25/A at Banani, the gas cylinder blew up around 3:00pm with a loud bang, leaving him injured critically, said BM Farman Ali, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station.
The victim was pronounced dead after he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 4:30pm.
The incident took place when Lal Mia was delivering balloons at a birthday party thrown for a boy at a Banani house, said his nephew Shahjahan Mia.
Once a rickshaw puller, Lal Mia started his balloon business a year back. His wife and four children live in Netrokona.
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