Sun News Desk: The death toll from the Sitakunda oxygen plant fire rose to seven as another victim has died last night at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
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Probesh Lal Sharma, 55, of Sitakunda breathed his last at 10:30pm at the intensive care unit at Chattogram Medical College Hospital. He was an operator of the oxygen plant, said Nurul Alam Ashek, in-charge of the hospital police outpost.
The firefighting teams ended rescue operations for the second day at Seema Oxygen in Sitakunda at 7am today.
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With Probesh's death, the number of deceased in the incident rose to seven and injured more than 50.
The other six deceased were Salauddin, 33, of Lakshmipur; Ratan Nakrek, 50, of Netrakona; Md Kader Mia, 58, of Noakhali; Selim Richil, 39, Shamsul Alam, 65, and Md Farid, 32, of Sitakunda.
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Chattogram Civil Surgeon Ilias Chowdhury said the process of handing over the bodies of the deceased to their relatives was underway. "Tk 50,000 was given to the family of each deceased."
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