Bangladesh: Two security persons burn wounded in a gas explosion

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NARAYANGANJ, 12 April, 2021 (TON): Two security officials suffered burn injuries after a gas pipe caught fire on the seventh floor of a multi-storey building in Narayanganj city on Sunday midnight.

The victims have been identified as Manik Mia, 32, and Md Ujjal, 35.

The guards went into a room on the seventh floor of the building around Sunday midnight to smoke, and an explosion occurred immediately after they lit a fire, said the locals.

Fire service personnel reached at the spot in no while.  

Fire service officer Arefin said, gas had accumulated in the room following a pipe leak which led to the explosion.

However, according to the deputy assistant director of the district Fire Service and Civil Defense Abdullah Al Arefin, they are receiving treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

 

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