5 hurt as cylinder explodes in victory day programme
Khagrachhari: Five people including two police members were in a gas cylinder explosion during a victory day programme at Sadar upazila in Khagrachhari on Friday morning.
The injured are Mohammad Shahin, and Mohammad Ismail, both are police members, Birendra Tripura, Matiranga land official, Tulshi Rani Ghosh, and Pallab Chowdhury, who were pumping up the balloons.
The police said five people were injured as the gas cylinder injured as a gas cylinder exploded while inflating balloons at a victory day programme in Khagrachhari Outer Stadium at about 7:00am.
Later, the injured were taken to Khagrachhari Modern Sadar Hospital. Later, three injured including the police members were shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) as their conditions deteriorated.
Khagrachhari Modern Sadar Hospital’s resident physician Nayanmoy Tripura said three injured were sent to CHCH as their condition did not improve after giving primary treatment and blood.