6 Workers Suffer Burns in City while Repairing Gas Pipeline

Six workers have suffered burn injuries while repairing a gas pipeline in the capital's Jurain area.

The injured were Md Khalilur Rahman,45, Md. Siraj ,20, Md Jummon ,19, Md Azizul ,65, Abdur Rahman ,60, and Jihad ,50.

Shabiul Alam, an engineer of Titas Emergency Gas Control Branch (South), said that they received information about gas leak behind the Jurain graveyard on Friday night.

On information, the workers went to the spot to fix the leakage and dug a hole. At that time, water from a drain  entered there.

Later, the workers set up a motor to remove the water. The fire broke out from an electric short-circuit while the workers plugged in the motor, leaving the six injured.

SM Ayub Hossain, a physician of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said one left the hospital but Khalilur is undergoing treatment with 30 per cent injuries and Siraj with 25 per cent burns.

The rest have been kept under observation, he added.