Two workers were burned to death while another injured in a gas cylinder blast at an oxygen factory in Nasirabad area of Chattogram district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Pabitra Kumar Das, 60, hailing from Barishal and Md Sabed, 30, hailing from Feni, reports UNB.
The fire broke out following a cylinder blast at 'Siraj Anu Oxygen Limited' 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 injured workers after the incident.
Among them, one died on the way to the Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), while another died at the hospital, said Md Jahirul Islam, in-charge of CMCH Police Outpost.
Injured Nurul Islam is undergoing treatment at the hospital, he added.
