Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified eight more bodies, which remained unidentified in Chattogram's BM Container Depot fire incident, through DNA tests.
Following the deadly fire at a private inland container depot earlier this month, the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has taken steps to tighten fire safety measures, modernise storage of dangerous cargoes and speed up delivery.
Two companies, which handle a major portion of Bangladesh's hydrogen peroxide exports, have been forced to stop production as most shipping lines are declining to carry the chemical following a deadly fire at an inland container depot (ICD) last week.
BM container Depot fire: Another firefighter, who sustained critical injures at Sitakunda's BM container depot fire, died at a hospital in Dhaka early today.
Another victim of the fire at BM Container Depot in Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila succumbed to his injuries in a private hospital today (June 12, 2022).