Online Desk: The death toll from a fire at an oil-laden cargo following an explosion in Narayanganj’s Shitalakshya river rose to three as another worker succumbed to his injuries early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rubel, 38, a residents of Phulbagicha village in Lalmohan upazila of Bhola district.

He breathed his last around 1am died while undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Md Tariqul Islam, resident surgeon of the hospital, said Rubel suffered 45 per cent burns. Earlier, two workers–Tajul Islam Lyon, 22 and Humayun Kabir, 54– succumbed to their injuries at the burn unit.

On June 4, eight people suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at an oil-laden cargo following an explosion in the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj’s Rupganj. Five of them were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with serious wounds. Till today, three died while two others are still receiving treatment at the hospital, the resident surgeon added.