Boiler blast kills 2 rice mill workers in Pabna

 

Two rice mill workers were killed in a boiler explosion in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna Wednesday morning.
The deceased are Md Sajedul Islam, 30, of Shibnagar village in Natore, and Md Saidul Mondol, 32, of Char Mirkamari village in Ishwardi upazila, reports our Pabna correspondent.
Md Abdul Hai, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station, said the boiler exploded with a big bang when Sajedul and Saidul were boiling paddy at the mill at Boroichora village around 10:00am.
Sajedul and Saidul died on the spot, the OC said.
In another incident, rice mill worker Md Amirul Islam, 40, was injured when a rice bag fall on him at Solimpur village in the upazila in the morning.
Amirul succumbed to his injuries at Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex.