By KUNA,
New Delhi : At least 45 persons were wounded in a series of blasts in a multi-storey hotel in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka late on Sunday.
Thirty of the injured have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Islami Bank Central Hospital and the number of casualties is expected to rise, leading English newspaper of Bangladesh, “The Daily Star,” reported in its Monday edition.
Due to the explosions, five floors of 12-storey “Hotel Orchard Plaza’ were engulfed by a devastating fire, trapping many residents and employees inside the building, “The Daily Star” said.
The fire originated on the sixth floor and spread up to the 11th floor of the hotel. The hotel has 35 rooms, 12 of which were occupied by foreigners at the time of the explosions.
Security Personnel have termed the blasts “mysterious” while not ruling out the possibility of explosives being the cause, the daily said.