Sun News Desk : Another worker died in an explosion at a steel re-rolling mill in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila on Thursday evening.

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Golam Rabbani alias Rabbi, 35, son of Oliar Rahman of Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district, succumbed to their injuries around 10.45pm on Friday. Now the death toll from the incident rose to five.

Earlier, Yeasin, 35, hailed from Itna upazila of Kishorganj, who sustained 97 per cent burns, died on Thursday night and Ayan, 20, with 95 per cent injures breathed his last on Friday morning while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital. Later, Alamgir, 30, succumbed to their injuries around 12pm on Friday.

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On Thursday evening, the melted iron spilled on the workers when an explosion took place in the furnace of the RICL Re-rolling Mills in Saughat area of Golakandail union of the upazila, leaving one dead and six others critically injured.

Later, the injured workers were admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital in the evening.

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