Furnace blast in N'ganj re-rolling mill: 8 injured
Eight workers of a steel re-rolling mill at Fatulla in Narayanganj were injured seriously after a massive explosion in its furnace yesterday morning.
Five of them were brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition. They are Alamgir, 22, Sheikh Shahid, 40, Bakul, 25, Shabuj, 20, and Md Shahid Hossain.
The explosion ripped through the Rajdhani Casting factory at Aliganj with a big bang due to low voltage of electricity at around 6:30am, workers said. Rajdhani Casting is a sister concern of Nabi Steel Mill in the area, our Narayanganj correspondent reports.
Corrugated roofing sheets of the factory were blown away and its walls collapsed by the force of the explosion, which created panic in the locality.
The condition of Alamgir, who sustained 45 percent burns, and Sheikh Shahid are critical, the doctors said.
Bakul, who sustained 12 percent burns in the back, arms and chest, told this correspondent at the hospital that the furnace exploded while they were working.
"We tried to run away but our dresses caught fire," he added.
Alamgir joined the factory only two days ago and has been staying in the factory at night, his relatives said.
A farmer in Netrakona, Alamgir came to Narayanganj in search of a job as the harvest season is over.
At the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of DMCH, shortage of staffs makes it difficult for the authorities to manage all the patients.
"The 50-bed unit has only 21 regular doctors and 11 nurses and it is difficult for them to manage more than 200 patients every day. Although the prime minister on June 2 asked some 14 nurses to join the unit on deputation, only four of them have joined the unit so far," said Project Director of the unit Dr Samantalal Sen.
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