Sun News Desk : Five workers have been burnt in an explosion while digging soil for a WASA line in the capital's Namapara on Tuesday.

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Burnt Mehedi Hasan, 23, Siyam, 20, Jewel, 21, Mumin, 22, and Delowar, 24, are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery for treatment. All of them are from Bogura district.

Supervisor Anisur Rahman said during the work, gas started leaking from an underground Titas gas line. The explosion occurred when one of workers attempted to ignite a lighter. All of them at the spot were burnt.

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