The plant’s managing director fails to answer why carbon dioxide and nitrogen were discovered in the cylinders
The probe committee found traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen cylinders in the Seema Oxygen Oxico Ltd in Chittagong's Sitakunda where a deadly explosion took place on Saturday. Oxygen Gas Cylinder
"Initially, we found carbon dioxide and nitrogen cylinders in the Sitakunda oxygen plant. We originally suspected that the explosion was caused by the oxygen plant's gas separation column. But it requires additional investigation, which we have already begun," Assistant District Magistrate Rakib Hasan said.
“We are working on the general concerns and aim to complete the investigation within an appropriate time frame,” he added.
He further said: 'We have the first meeting of the probe committee at 12pm. We are gathering whatever resources are required for the investigation.”
When asked why nitrogen cylinders were found in the plant as it solely produces oxygen, Md Mamun, the factory's managing director said: "We do not produce nitrogen. We take only oxygen from the air by purifying it, leaving nitrogen and carbon dioxide behind.”
Argon Gas Bottle When questioned about how carbon dioxide and nitrogen were discovered in the cylinder after it was discharged into the air, he left the scene without answering.