Dhaka, March 13 -- At least 30 people have been hospitalised with burn injuries following an explosion on a street outside a tin-roofed building in Gazipur's Kaliakair Upazila.

They were admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Wednesday evening.

The injured, who were being treated at the emergency department, included women and children, said Inspector Bachchu Mia at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital police camp.

Mridul Kanti Sarker, the assistant registrar of the institute, confirmed the number of people admitted to the facility after the incident in the Mouchak Tljirchala??? area.

Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen visited the institute and spoke to the victims.

One of the injured, Raf...