A man died and another injured after a gas cylinder on an auto-rickshaw exploded during refilling the cylinder in Debipur upazila of Feni Sadar on Monday morning.
The deceased was an employee of the filling station Saidul Islam Rony, 30, son of Nurul Islam of South Andharmanik village in Radhanagar union of Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni, and the injured was Zahid Alam, 27.
Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Feni Model Police Station Shahidul Islam Chowdhury said CNG auto-rickshaw driver Zahid went to Prime CNG filling station in Debipur around 8am on Monday to take gas.
He said the explosion occurred while filling gas in the empty cylinder of the auto-rickshaw, leaving Saidul and Zahid injured.
Locals rescued the injured and took them to Feni Sadar General Hospital where doctors of the emergency department declared Saidul dead. Later , Zahid has been shifted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Kudrat Ullah Babu, manager of the filling station, said it was an accident.
Feni Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Thowai Ongpru Marma said the body was sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy and legal action will be taken in this regard.
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