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3 dead in M\\\'singh boiler blast

Saturday, 17 May 2014


At least three workers were killed and three others injured in a boiler explosion in a rice mill at Haluaghat upazila in Mymensingh district on Saturday. The dead are Sultan, 29, Hazrat, 30, and Alam, 28, of Mukimpur village under Dhara Bazar union of Haluaghat upazila. Jakiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Haluaghat Police Station, said the boiler at Aziz Rice Mill at Dari Nagua at Dhara Bazar exploded with a big bang around 6:30 am, leaving six workers injured. Of the injured, three died on way to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital while the others were admitted to the hospital, according to UNB.