On June 4 night, the fire broke out at BM Container Depot in the Kadamrasul area in Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong A fire rages at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, in Chittagong, 216 kilometers (134 miles) southeast of capital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Pic/PTI At
At least 49 people have died after a huge fire broke out at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh's Chittagong last night, officials said today. The fire at the depot in Sitakunda area has left about 300 people injured and authorities fear the.
At least 35 people were killed and over 450 injured after an explosion triggered a massive blaze at a private container storage depot in Sitakunda, near Bangladesh’s main sea port of Chittagong.
Saturday's fire reportedly caused a massive blast which led to several subsequent container blasts that firefighters were still trying to douse well into Sunday. The cause of the fire is, as yet, unknown.