The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Chittagong

Two people were killed and eight others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a factory at Kadamrasul in Sitakundu upazila yesterday.

The dead were identified as factory workers Mamun,28 and Sumon,30. Police said the gas cylinder exploded with a big bang at the factory where cylinders are filled up with oxygen gas at about 11am, killing Mamun, on the spot while Sumon died on way to hospital.

The injured people were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

The tin-shed roof of the factory was blown away in the explosion.

Police recovered the body of the victims.

A case was filed.