Four workers of Salam Steel Mill sustained burn injuries in a transformer blast in the capital’s Shyampur area on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. The victims -- Sunil, 40, Raton, 35, Rony,29 and Akaeed, 22 -- are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, said Md Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost. The blast occurred around 7pm when the workers were washing their hands and faces at the water tap next to the mill after work. Also read: 2 killed in Chawkbazar transformer blast, 3 injured Among them, Raton received 25% burn injuries while Sunil sustained 22%, and Rony and Akaeed 5% burn injuries, he added.    

Two people were killed as a transformer exploded near Islambagh Madina petrol pump at Chawkbazar in the capital on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Md Maruf, 17, an employee of a shop and  truck owner Hero, 40. Read:Moghbazar blast: Death toll rises to 10 Three people  were also injured in the explosion.Two of them are Sarwar, 20, and Sohag, 30. Chawkbazar Police Station Inspector Md Abdul Qayyum said the transformer exploded during heavy showers when a truck was heading towards Sowari Ghat, injuring five people. The injured were first taken to Mitford Hospital after the blast. Read: Moghbazar blast: Another body found in debris; death toll stands at 8 Later, three of them were taken to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery where doctors declared Maruf dead at midnight. Truck owner Hero died in the morning while undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Shyamoli. Dr Partha Shankar Pal, a resident physician at the Sheikh Hasina National Burn Institute, said, of the two injured patens, Sarwar's condition is critical as 48% of his body was burnt.