Chittagong: Three people were injured as a private car gas cylinder exploded at a CNG filling station in Khulshi area of Chittagong city on Sunday, reports UNB.

The gas cylinder went off while filling gas at about 2:00pm, leaving the three people injured, said Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station.

The injured–Sentu, 25, an employee of the CNG filling station, Yusuf, 35, a passenger of the private car and an unidentified man–were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.