One dead in Dinajpur tank lorry blast

DINAJPUR, Nov 19 (UNB): A man was burned to death and two others received serious burns in a blast of an empty fuel tank lorry while being repaired with welding at a shop in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur on Saturday evening.

The deceased Ratan, 35, was the mechanic of the welding shop while the injured were Ratan's helper Nahid, 16, and a bus driver Badsha, 20.

Abul Hasnat Khan, officer-in-charge of Parbatipur police station, said that the lorry was taken to the welding shop to fix a hole in the vehicle.

A fire broke out when the front and back portions of the lorry went off with a big bang due to excessive gas pressure caused by the heat while it was being repaired, he said, adding that three people including Ratan were critically injured.