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Three people, including a 40-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter, were dead and two people were injured when a boiler exploded at a rice mill in Daspara of Thakurgaon's Sadar upazila earlier on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Dipti Rani, wife of Sagar Roy, her daughter Puja, and Palak (12) son of Umakanta, of the area.
According to ABM Firoz Wahid, officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon Police Station, the incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. when the boiler of the rice mill, owned by Saidur Rahman, exploded.
A fire also broke out at the rice mill following the explosion. A firefighting unit rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze immediately. The injured were taken to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.