16 injured as bus cylinder bursts
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
At least 16 people were injured, many of the critically, in a bus gas cylinder burst in Bashkhali Upazila in Chittagong district on Tuesday. Bashkhali Police Station OC Kamrul Hasan said the incident took place around 9:00am at Naporha village in the Upazila. 'The Chittagong-bound bus caught fire after its gas cylinder exploded. Around 16 persons have been injured,' said Hasan. The injured were rescued and taken to the Bashkhali Health Centre, said the clinic's doctor Md Minhaz. Six of them have been shifted to the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) with serious burn injuries, according to bdnews24.com.