Worker burnt to death in Sitakunda shipbreaking yard blast
Published : 15 May 2019, 15:05
Sahos Desk
A worker at a ship-breaking yard was burnt to death and five others sustained injuries while dismantling a ship in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Mohamamd Rubel, a cutting worker of ‘Premier Trade Corporation and Mahinur Ship Recycling’ yard.
Zahirul Islam, in-charge of Chattogram Medical College Hospital police camp, said six workers sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at the pump room of a scrap ship around 8:30am.
They were taken to CMCH where the doctors pronounced Rubel dead.
Source: unb