Two workers die in false fire stampede

After an explosion in a garment factory at Chankharpool in the city on Saturday two workers died and 50 workers injured when they run for safety.

The deceased were Jasmin, 17, and Taslima, 20, – both workers of Euro Tex Limited.

Witnesses said a machine exploded with a big bang in the factory around 1:15pm, sending panic to the workers of the factory housed in the second to sixth floors of the seven-storied building.

The frightened workers tried to run down the stairs for safety suddenly. At least 52 workers injured at this time.

The doctor declared dead when Jasmin rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Taslima succumbed to her injuries later, hospital sources said.

Protesting the occurrence, nervous workers were signifying and vandalizing the factory building at 3:50pm till filing of this report.