Two suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj AC explosion

Two young men suffered burn injuries and three fell sick after inhaling toxic gas due to an air conditioner (AC) explosion at a recording studio in Narayanganj's Fatullah on Monday.

The injured are Baban and Mahin.

The explosion occurred from an unknown source at Mark Video Recording on Monday noon, leaving the two injured, said Shahadat Hossain, an emergency doctor at Narayanganj's Khanpur hospital.

The air conditioner (AC) of Mark Video Recording suddenly exploded at noon, affecting many people around the building. Three of them fell ill as they inhaled toxic gas.

The injured were rushed to Khanpur hospital. Of them, Baban and Mahin were later shifted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) as their condition deteriorated.

One of them suffered 30 percent and the other suffered 45 percent burn injuries, said Dr Shahadat Hossain.