A day labourer died from electrocution while eight others sustained burns in the capital yesterday.
The deceased, Mamun Hossain, 32, worked for a private firm named Bidyut Projukti Binimoy.
His colleague Reza Ahmed said they both were changing a cable near a building at Matsya Bhaban in the morning when Mamun was electrocuted.
Mamun was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
Meanwhile, eight passengers of a human haulier were admitted to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital after they received burn injuries when a live electric wire fell on the vehicle in Mohammadpur area.
They are Naznin Akhter, 18, Salma Akhter, 18, her mother Nur Jahan, 40, Sammi Fatema, 27, Wahid Hossain, 24, Mithu Lal, 23, Shibli Noman, 23, and Anwar Hossain, 13.
Victim Shibli told the Dhaka Tribune the vehicle was travelling to Mohammadpur from Shyamoli when the accident took place on Ring Road around 10:30am.
“The vehicle’s engine caught fire and we desperately tried to get out. There were 12 passengers and none died,” he added.
Ahmed Seraji, assistant professor at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said all the injured were out of danger.
Wahid, one of the injured who sustained 7% burns, was later shifted to another hospital for better treatment.
