Three sailors suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out following a blast on board a lighter vessel in the sea off Patenga beach late Friday night.
Firefighter Md Nahid Hossain of Karnaphuli EPZ Fire Station said the fire was caused by an explosion that occurred at lighter vessel "Muhuri-2" around 11:20pm while it was still in the mid sea.
On information, two firefighting units went to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 2:30am today with the help of rescue ship "Kandari-8".
The injured were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.
The vessel was heavily damaged by the fire.
The cause of the explosion could not be known immediately.
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