Fire service personnel moved to a safe place to avoid accidents after water shortage disrupted firefighting work at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.
Nurul Afsar's left hand had been amputated. He sustained burn injuries in the fire and subsequent explosions at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday night (June 4, 2022).
As Chittagong Medical College Hospital's designated burn unit ran out of space, its gynaecology ward has been turned into a burnt unit for providing treatment to the injured of Chattogram depot fire.
Explosives Dept not informed fire service: The Explosives Department of Chattogram was not informed and no license was taken to store Hydrogen Peroxide at BM Container Depot where an explosion followed by fire last night claimed 19 lives and injured around four hundred people.