Port Depot Fire In Bangladesh Leaves 49 Killed, 300 Injured
June 5, 2022
2:37 pm
A recent bizzare incident has seen 49 people dead and hundreds injured after a fire sparked a huge chemical explosion at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh on Sunday.
The toll was expected to rise, with some of the more than 300 people injured in serious condition, officials have reported while volunteers reported that there were more bodies inside the smoldering, wreckage-strewn facility.
The fire started late on Saturday at the depot in Sitakunda, which stores around 4,000 containers, many of them filled with garments destined for Western retailers. The facility is about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the major …
