Seven people were injured in an explosion at a filling station in the Mohakhali area of the capital on Tuesday afternoon.

The injured were Swapon Molla, 24, Kabir, 18, Rubel, 28, Khairul, 28, Masudur Rahman, 44, Alamgir Hossain, 40 and Sajib 31.

Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said the seven victims were brought to the emergency department with burn injuries.

Niyaz Mahmud, who brought the injured to the hospital, said the explosion occurred around 1pm while cleaning the reserve tank at the Gulshan filling station at Amtoli.

Seven people including the filling station staff were burned, he said.