With the death of one more burn victim, the death toll from an explosion at the SN Corporation shipbreaking yard in Chattogram's Sitakunda rose to three.
The deceased was Md Habib, 35.
He succumbed while receiving treatment with 40 per cent of burns at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Meanwhile, the condition of Jahangir Alam and Abul Kashem each suffered 70 per cent burns, Barkatullah with 60 per cent, Anwar Hossain with 25 per cent and Al-Amin with 80 per cent burns are critical.
The hospital resident doctor Md Toriqul Islam confirmed the development on Thursday morning.
A huge explosion occurred at about 12:30am on September 7 at the pump room of scrap ship breaking factory at SN Corporation's shipyard situated at the coast of the sea at Shitalpur Tetultola in Sonaichari union under Sitakunda upazila, leaving 12 labourers receiving multiple injuries.
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