Another injured taking treatment at KMCH
Four people, including three labourers, died and another worker was injured after inhaling toxic gas from an underground water reservoir in Khulna city yesterday afternoon.
The three labourers are Imran, 20, Nazrul Islam, 22, and Ramzan, 30. They were from different upazilas of Khulna and Bagerhat districts. Another victim is Shaon, 25, a local, who came forward to rescue the labourers.
Injured Shahazad Khan has been undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH).
Sources said Imran, Nazrul and Ramzan of five workers first entered the tank of an under-construction building in the city’s KDA Avenue area around 1:00pm to clean it.
As their colleagues got no response from the trio, Shahazad got into the tank to rescue the trapped labourers inside the tank and fell sick, sources added.
Later, locals informed police and firefighters of the matter.
On receiving information, firefighters rushed to the spot and rescued the four labourers and the local, Shaon, from the tank, said Md Mozahar, station officer of Khulna Sadar Fire Service and Civil Defence Station.
They were first taken to a clinic and later referred to KMCH in a critical condition.
Imran and Nazrul died on their way to the hospital while Ramzan and Shaon succumbed to their injuries after half an hour of their admission to the hospital, said Dr Jewel, on-duty doctor of KMCH.
Circumstantial evidence shows that the four died from inhaling toxic gas, the physician added.
-With The Daily Star input
