16 hurt as generator explodes in Gazipur
At least 16 workers were injured after a generator exploded and at a spinning mill in Sripur upazila of Gazipur Friday afternoon.
Police said the accident happened at Ishraq Spinning Mill around 3:30pm, reports our Gazipur correspondent.
The generator went off when workers were trying to put a gas connection into it for a new production unit of the factory, leaving six seriously inured, said Amir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sripur Police Station.
Injured Ibrahim Azad, 45; Delwar Hossain, 40; Masum Mia, 50; Babul Hossain, 35; Noman Mia, 32 and Md Sujon, 30, were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The rest 10 were injured in a stampede while hustling to leave the factory building.
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