6 burnt in fire at diagnostic centre in Ctg
At least six people including a patient sustained burn injuries in a fire at a diagnostic centre near Mehedibagh in the port city yesterday.
The wounded were admitted to the burn unit at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Sources said a fire broke out at the laboratory on the first floor of Metro Diagnostic Centre at Gol Pahar intersection near Mehedibagh at around 10:15am.
Five staffs of the diagnostic centre and a patient received burn injuries in the incident.
The wounded include diagnostic centre manager Saiful Islam, 35, supervisor Dulal Ghosh, 30, technicians Sujan Chowdhury, 30, and Biplob Shil, 25, and sweeper Minu Das, 40.
On information, four fire-fighting units rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control.
Fire Service and Civil Defence officials suspected that the fire might have originated from an electrical short-circuit and spread quickly due to presence of chemical materials at the laboratory.
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