Four people suffered burn injuries in an explosion at a restaurant at section-13 in the capital's Mirpur area this afternoon.

The accident took place around 3:30pm when some workers were working at BFC's (Best Fried Chicken) walk-in freezer unit.

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The injured are- Jaminur Rahman, 45, brother of the owner of BFC Company, and technicians Russell Mizi, 42, Ratan, 35, and Feroz Howladar, 32.

The injured Feroz said that they are employees of Geneteering Engineering Company located in the Kuril area. They were working to fix the freezing room of BFC Company this afternoon.

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At around 3:30pm, there was an explosion in the gas pipeline that left four people injured, he added.

They were rescued and taken to a local hospital, from there to Suhrawardy Hospital. Finally, they were shifted to DMCH for better treatment, Firoz said.

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"The injured are being treated at the emergency department of the hospital,” said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in charge of the DMCH police outpost.