At least six crew members were injured when a massive fire erupted on the oil tanker MV Sadia Enterprise in the Dakatia River of Chandpur, following an explosion in its engine room Sunday afternoon.
The injured are Rubel, 35, Golap, 50, Jilani, 30, Masud, 30, Giyas Uddin, 29 and Madhu Mia, 55.
Among the injured, Golap鈥檚 condition was serious and he was sent to Dhaka for better treatment.
The fire broke out at about 4:15pm near Padma Oil Company鈥檚 jetty, said Syed Morshed Alam, deputy assistant director of fire service and civil defence (north) Chandpur.
On information, four units from the fire service and coast guard members brought the fire under control at about 5:30pm.
However, the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage remain unknown.
