4 hurt in Keraniganj factory fire

Four workers sustained burn injuries in a fire ensuing from a boiler explosion at a factory in Keraniganj upazila in the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The identity of the victims could not be known immediately. Witnesses and employees of the factory said a fire erupted in the pants factory at Muhuri Patti in Amin Para as a boiler exploded with a big bang at about 12:45 am, leaving four workers inside injured. The injured were rescued and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. However, local people extinguished the blaze after some time before the firefighters arrived at the spot on information, according to UNB.