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A minimum of 15 lifeless in fireplace at Bangladesh container depot

A minimum of 15 lifeless in fireplace at Bangladesh container depot
A minimum of 15 lifeless in fireplace at Bangladesh container depot


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DHAKA, Bangladesh — An enormous fireplace at a container depot close to a port town in southeastern Bangladesh left no less than 15 other people lifeless and greater than 100 others wounded, officers and native media experiences stated Sunday, as firefighters struggled to get the blaze beneath regulate.

The fireplace on the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh three way partnership, broke out round nighttime Saturday following explosions in a container filled with chemical substances. The depot is situated in Chittagong, 216 kilometers (134 miles) southeast of the capital, Dhaka.

Elias Chowdhury, the realm’s civil surgeon, advised The Related Press early Sunday that no less than six other people had died. However the dying toll later rose to no less than 15 on the Chattogram Scientific Faculty Sanatorium, Ekattor TV station reported.

The dying toll may just nonetheless upward push additional, Chowdhury stated.

Many fireplace provider officers and police have been some of the injured, he stated.

About 5,000 boxes are within the depot, in line with Ekattor TV. The depot handles items for export and import and is situated about 20 kilometers from the rustic’s major Chittagong Seaport.

Jalal Ahmed, a hearth provider reputable, stated firefighters have been nonetheless running to convey the hearth beneath regulate.

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