Two workers have succumbed to burn injuries they suffered from a fire at City Auto Rice and Dal Mill in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Hazrat Ali, 25, and Belayet Hossain,59.
They were being treated at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said SM Ayub Hossain, resident surgeon of the hospital.
Hazrat Ali with 99 per cent body burn injuries breathed his last at 9:30 pm on Saturday while Belayet Hossain with 95 per cent burns died around 9 am on Sunday, he said.
Meanwhile, Md Sirajul Islam, 60, another worker with 65 per cent body burn is undergoing treatment at the hospital in a critical condition, said the resident surgeon.
Four workers suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at City Auto Rice & Dal Mill at Rupshi area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Saturday around 2:30 pm.
Five units of firefighters managed to bring it under control around 5:30 pm, said Tanharul Islam, deputy director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Three of the workers with severe burns were sent to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital while Rana, 30, was admitted to a local hospital, he said.
The flames broke out from wheat sacks kept beside the boiler of the mill, said the Fire Service official.
Source: United News of Bangladesh