{"id":4854,"date":"2022-06-07T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:00:09","slug":"at-least-49-killed-and-hundreds-injured-in-bangladesh-container-storage-facility-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/at-least-49-killed-and-hundreds-injured-in-bangladesh-container-storage-facility-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 49 Killed and Hundreds Injured in Bangladesh Container Storage Facility Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">At least 49 people died and hundreds have been injured after a fire tore through a shipping container depot in\u00a0Bangladesh, sparking a huge chemical explosion that engulfed many of those who had rushed to the scene to help. The death toll is expected to rise.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">More than 300 people were injured in the incident, many of whom sustained life-threatening burns, and many bodies remain unrecovered as the fire continued to blaze for a second night in <span class=\"spelle\">Sitakunda<\/span>, near the busy southern port of Chittagong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">Hundreds of firefighters, police and volunteers, some with only flip-flops on their feet, arrived at the BM Inland Container Depot soon after the fire broke out at about 9 pm local time.\u00a0As those people battled with the blaze, a number of containers holding chemicals exploded, enveloping many of the rescuers in flames and throwing debris and people into the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span class=\"spelle\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">Mominur<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\"> Rahman, the chief administrator of Chittagong district, said the depot contained millions of dollars\u2019 worth of clothing products waiting to be exported to western retailers, for whom Bangladesh is a leading supplier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 12.6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555;\">Read more in an <a href=\"https:\/\/ciffa.apms5.com\/anywhere\/m?s=ciffa&amp;m=s_1d2fb6e2-09e2-4d4d-abc1-c09a9a2db06f&amp;u=e1jq4wvfdtfm8dhg6n1k4hj45n2mad255mu36ha25n13ada35mt3jc1m6rtm8cj370uk8&amp;r2=d1u78w3k78qjyxvqewq78u35cxup2wk4d5gpwbk3dxpjyxvfe9p68btj60t34bvaenq2yc1m5xk6jxk55nnpjv3ccnj2urbecgpp2x1ddhjp2wvm5mrk0c1dd5q6mxbjcnj2uube5nh62vk7dhgp8tbkd0pp8tbgdxu2utk9e9jkyxbmdnfp6rbde1gpjtve7njm4xbcdhjq8ubebwt34c1p60v2cxbmdnfputb4d5upufb5dngpjv16enu6uqvkdxuq4rv57ngqax3fe1mprvvm&amp;n=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0068a5;\">article from The Guardian<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 49 people died and hundreds have been injured after a fire tore through a shipping container depot in\u00a0Bangladesh, sparking a huge chemical explosion that engulfed many of those who had rushed to the scene to help. 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