Kushtia: Two workers were killed in a fire following a boiler blast in BSCIC industrial area of Kushtia town on Monday afternoon.

Liakat Ali, assistant director of Kushtia Fire Service, said the fire erupted as the boiler of MRS Industries, a sister concern of BRB cable group, went off around 12:00pm.

On information, five firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control after one hour frantic effort.

Later, they also recovered the charred bodies of Saidullah, in his forties, resident of Jhenidah, and S M Rashid, in his fifties,from Chuadanga district, from the factory.

Three other people, including a fire fighter of Kumarkhali fire service, were injured in the fire.