At least 14 workers of a knit composite garment factory reportedly sustained burn injuries in a gas pipeline explosion in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday afternoon.
Locals said the fire erupted in ‘Crony Apparels Limited’ in Kashipur Hatkhola area of Fatullah around 3:30 pm.
Dr Tarikul Islam, a physician of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, confirmed the admission of the workers in the hospital.
The injured were Palash Kanti Mandal, Jitu, Mukul, Shanto, Amir Mia, Mithun Biswas, Kamrul, Rubel, Monir, Ripon, Shafiq, Mehedi, Zakir and Mahbub Kazi.
Of them, Jitu received 30 percent burn and he was under observation while all the rest are now out of danger, the physician said.
Details about the explosion could not be found immediately.
