Dhaka: Six people lost their lives due to a huge explosion in an oxygen plant. Many were injured. Six people were killed and 30 injured in an explosion at an oxygen plant in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll is likely to rise.
First Published Mar 4, 2023, 11:21 PM IST
6 Killed In Oxygen Plant Explosion: Six people lost their lives due to a huge explosion in an oxygen plant. Many were injured. Six people were killed and 30 injured in an explosion at an oxygen plant in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll is likely to rise.
If we go into the details… six people were killed and more than 30 people were injured in the explosion that took place in the oxygen plant in South East Bangladesh on Saturday. The accident took place at a plant in Sitakunda, 40 km from the southeastern port city of Chittagong. Officials said the death toll is likely to rise as rescue operations continue. The explosion caused a huge fire. Firefighters and rescue teams reached there after receiving the information.
An official of the fire department said that the cause of the explosion was not known. Local government official Shahadat Hussain said six bodies had been recovered from the scene and rescue operations were ongoing, Reuters reported. Police officer Nayahanul Bari said that due to the explosion, a loud noise was heard in an area of two kilometers.
Talking to the media about this accident, the officials said that an explosion took place in the oxygen plant in the Keshabpur area of Sitakunda around 4.30 pm. People saw the fire bursting out in seconds with a loud noise. Fire service officials said that the fire was so intense that five fire engines had to reach the spot and douse the flames. The exact cause of the fire is not yet known. The dead have not yet been identified. Earlier in February, a fire broke out in a residential building in Dhaka. In this accident, one person died and many others were injured.
