3 killed in N’ganj septic tank blast
A pregnant woman and two children were killed and six others injured in a septic tank explosion in Narayanganj's Bandar upazila yesterday morning.
The deceased are Laboni Aktar (28), and Jisan (12) and Masnun (8), sons of Khorshed Alam, said Abdullah Al Arefin, assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence.
The tank, under a five-storey building, exploded around 6am due to a lack of maintenance, the fire service official said.
The two children were sleeping in a room on the ground floor above the septic tank. The room's walls collapsed on the duo following the explosion and they died on the spot, Abdullah added. In the meantime, the tin-shed house next to the building, where Laboni lived, also collapsed and injured her severely.
Laboni was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared her dead, said Rafikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station.
The injured were admitted to the Bandar Upazila Health Complex for treatment, the OC added. Police and fire service officials were conducting further inquiries into the explosion, he said.
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