Five people were injured when a building partially collapsed due to an explosion that triggered a fire at Razakhali in Chattogram city early today. Four of the injured were identified as Md Tarek, 28; Nur Hossain; Md Mannan, 34; and Rabin, 22. All of them were undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital. Abdur Rahim, officer-in-charge of Bakolia Police Station, said an explosion occurred around 1 am on the ground floor of a four-storey building where a dried fish processing cold storage was housed. A part of the ground floor partially collapsed due to the explosion that triggered a fire, leaving five people injured. Also read: Fire at building in Dhaka’s Wari doused On information, seven firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control. Toxic ammonia gas has spread following the explosion. “What caused the explosion could not be known immediately,” said OC. The building was evacuated by the firefighters.  

A couple sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at their house in the Patenga Steel Mill Bazar area of the port city on Wednesday. The injured have been identified as Akter Hossain, 26, and his wife Salma Akter, 20. Senior Station Officer of Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defense, Enamul Haque, said that leakage of gas from a domestic cylinder triggered the blaze at Mannan Bhaban in Makbul Housing Society at 8 pm. On information, few fire tenders were immediately sent to the spot and the couple was rushed to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital. Also read: Dakkhin Khan slum fire under control "Salma's condition is critical as she has received 80% burns," said hospital sources.