6 killed, over 30 injured in explosion at oxygen plant in Bangladesh’s Chittagong

At least six folks have been killed and over 30 have been injured in an explosion at an oxygen plant in Kadam Rasul (Keshabpur) space of Chittagong’s Sitakunda upazila in Bangladesh on Saturday afternoon.  

Bangladesh,UPDATED: Mar 4, 2023 22:20 IST

Locals mentioned that the impression of the explosion on the oxygen plant was such that it shook buildings inside a variety of two sq. kilometres.

By Sahidul Hasan Khokon: At least six folks have been killed and over 30 have been injured in an explosion at an oxygen plant in Kadam Rasul (Keshabpur) space of Chittagong’s Sitakunda upazila in Bangladesh on Saturday afternoon.

Locals mentioned that the impression of the explosion on the oxygen plant was such that it shook buildings inside a variety of two sq. kilometres. Not solely that, witnesses mentioned totally different objects from the ability landed a number of kilometers away from the plant after the large explosion.

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While 5 folks have been killed on the oxygen plant, a 65-year-old Shamshul Alam, who was sitting at his store Kadam Rasul Bazar – a couple of kilometre away from the oxygen plant – died after a steel object fell on him following the large explosion.

Alam’s brother Mowlana Obaidul Mostafa advised the media {that a} steel object, weighing round 250-300kg, fell on prime of him after the explosion and he was killed on the spot.

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Redwanul Haque, a resident of Madambibir Haat, mentioned he noticed billows of smoke rising from the Kadmarsul space after the explosion and went to the manufacturing unit. He noticed not less than some 12 manufacturing unit staff being rescued out of the plant.

A employee from a close-by ready-made clothes manufacturing unit mentioned she heard the explosion, the sound of which shattered the home windows of the manufacturing unit. The employee mentioned a chunk of glass fell on her and he or she sustained accidents.

According to senior officer on the Kumira Fire Service Station, Sultan Mahmud, the fireplace erupted on the oxygen plant at round 4:30 pm. On receiving info, 9 fireplace tenders from Sitakunda and Kumira Fire Service have been collectively rushed to the spot. It took the personnel greater than an hour to deliver the fireplace underneath management.

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Fire officers are but to establish what precipitated the explosion.

In this regard, Nurul Alam Ashek, in-charge of the hospital police outpost mentioned, round 25 people have been hospitalised on the Chittagong Medical College Hospital with accidents sustained within the explosion.

Police are but to verify the id of the individuals who died within the explosion on the oxygen plant.

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“So far, I have got information about three deaths. We are looking into the matter,” mentioned Tofayel Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda police station.

On June 4 final yr, a lethal fireplace broke out at BM container depot that claimed 51 lives, together with members of the fireplace companies, and left greater than 200 folks injured.

Edited By:

Raajnandini Mukherjee

Published On:

Mar 4, 2023