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least 12 people suffered burns when an explosion occurred during ship-cutting
at a shipyard in Sitakunda, Chattogram. Several others have been injured in the
incident. Two units of the fire service are working to bring the blaze under
control.
According
to the fire service control room, the explosion occurred at SN Corporation’s ship
recycling yard in Kumira, Sitakunda, around 12:30 pm on Saturday (September 7),
during the cutting of a ship, resulting in a loud blast and a subsequent fire.
Upon
receiving the report of the fire, two fire service units rushed to the scene.
Officials
at SM Corporation Yard said the injured have been sent to Chattogram Medical
College Hospital (CMCH).
Nazmul
Islam, Assistant Secretary of the Bangladesh Ship Breakers and Recyclers
Association (BSBRA), confirmed the incident of explosion to Bonik Barta.
However, he said that the cause of the blast remains unknown.
Ten
people have been admitted to CMCH following the explosion.
