On 7 March 2023, an explosion happened in a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh killing at least 17 people while more than 140 were injured.
[1][2] The explosion took place at around 5:00 p.m local time in a busy market building in Siddiq Bazaar in Old Dhaka.
[5] The explosion occurred at a store that sold sanitation materials on the building's ground floor.
[7] The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said that gas accumulated in the basement of the building may have caused the explosion.
However, the director of Titas Gas, Mohammed Salim Mia, said that he did not find any evidence for this.