Four workers suffered burn injuries in a cylinder explosion at a ship-breaking yard at Sitakunda on Saturday morning.

The accident took place at Shital Enterprise in Kumira area at about 8:30am when the workers were cutting a scrap iron,leaving four workers injured. They are :  Moksedul Alam, 26,  M Nadim, 25, Al Ameen, 20, and< Shahjahan, 12.

The injured were admitted to the Bur and Plastic Surgery Department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Physicians said Moksedul suffered 30 percent while Al Ameen and Nadim 24 percent each and Shahjahan suffered 20 percent burn injuries.

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