Cylinder blast kills 2

Two workers were burned to death while another injured in a gas cylinder blast at an oxygen factory in Nasirabad, Chattogram on Tuesday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased are Pabitra Kumar Das, 60, from Barishal and Md Sabed, 30, from Feni.

The fire broke out following a cylinder blast at 'Siraj Anu Oxygen Limited' owned by Shafiqur Islam Chowdhury around 7:00am, said Md Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence.

On information, four fire-fighting units from Nandankanon, Agrabad, Chandanpura and Bayazid stations rushed to the spot and doused the fire.

The firefighters rescued the three workers as burn injured. Among them, one died on the way to hospital while another died at the hospital, said Md Jahirul Islam, in-charge of Chattogram Medical College Hospital police outpost.

Injured Nurul Islam is undergoing treatment at the hospital, he added.