Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Six people have died and 13 others sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder explosion triggered a fire at a readymade garment factory at Ashulia's Jamgora.

The fire broke out around 6:45pm on Sunday inside the factory owned by the Pretty Group, located within S Suhi Industrial Park.

Hafizur Rahman, deputy assistant director of Dhaka-4 Fire Service and Civil Defence, confirmed the fatalities later in the evening.

"The explosion occurred while gas cylinders were being unloaded from a covered van.

"A woman was killed outside the factory after being hit by a flying cylinder, while the bodies of five others were recovered from inside the covered van," he said.

Shortly before this, Industrial Police-1 Superintendent ...