Three CNG filling station workers were critically injured in a truck gas cylinder explosion in Savar.
The injured were rescued and hospitalised at Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar. Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge of Savar Model Police Station, confirmed the incident to TIMES.
This incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Online Filling Station (CNG) Limited in the Salehpur area of Aminbazar, Savar, along the Dhaka-Aricha highway.
The injured workers were identified as Billal, 26, Abdur Rahman, 30, and Munnu, 50, all of whom are employees of the CNG station.
According to the injured workers, the truck cylinder exploded with a loud noise while gas was being supplied to the vehicle in the afternoon, leaving the truck mangled. They sustained severe injuries during the gas filling process before being rescued and admitted to hospital for treatment. The workers added that no one was inside the truck at the time of gas filling.
Rakib Al Mahmud Shuvo, duty doctor at Enam Medical, said that three people were admitted to their hospital and their medical treatment is currently ongoing.
