A firefighter stands amid the debris at the site where a fire that broke out at a container storage facility in Sitakunda, about 40 km (25 miles) from the key port of Chittagong on June 5, 2022. – At least 16 people were killed and 170 others injured after a massive fire tore through a container depot in southern Bangladesh, officials said on June 5. (Photo by AFP)

It emerged that at least 49 people died and hundreds were injured after a fire at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh. The toll was expected to rise with some of the more than 300 people injured in a serious condition, officers reported. The fire started at the huge depot in Sitakunda storing around 4,000 containers, many of them filled with garments destined for Western traders.

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