STAFF CORRESPONDENT

A worker died yesterday hours after sustaining severe burn injuries in an explosion at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

Ahmed Ullah, 38, was declared dead around 1:00am while being transported to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery from Chattogram, said Tariqul Islam, resident surgeon at the hospital.

The victim was one of eight workers sent to the hospital in Dhaka following the blast. The other workers are currently undergoing treatment, with several in critical condition.

Among the injured, Barkat Ullah suffered 60 percent burns, Anwar Hossain 25 percent, Al Amin 80 percent, Zahangir Alam 70 percent, Habib 45 percent, Abul Kashem 70 percent, and Khairul Islam 80 percent. Ahmed Ullah had sustained burns on 90 percent of his body, said Tariqul Islam.

“Of the remaining seven workers, five are in critical As In

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