Privately owned BM Container Depot resumed handling export cargoes on a limited scale today after over four and a half months of the fatal explosion at the depot on June 4 that left 51 people dead.
Police recovered more human remains under the debris of BM Container Depot today in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, 10 days after the blast that claimed 47 lives so far.
In the last week of May, the Hathazari-based Al-Razi Chemical Complex was warned of the hazards of storing hydrogen peroxide in jerrycans. But the company was not stirred to action.
Police yesterday sued eight officials of the fire-ravaged BM Container Depot for negligence but left out the owners of the depot.
After 86 hours, the devastating fire at BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda has finally been doused, said Lt Col Ariful Islam, commander of the 18th Brigade of Bangladesh Army’s 24th Infantry Division.
A majority of those injured in the Chattogram depot blasts have suffered eye injuries and many are at risk of permanent vision loss.
Bangladesh Fire Service deployed fire-fighting robots for the first time to extinguish the Sitakunda fire.
The death toll from the fire and subsequent explosions at BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila has risen to 44, with 12 of the victims being fire service personnel.
They are the ones who run towards danger when others run from it. Be it a fire, explosion, road accident, landslide, launch capsize or other natural or manmade calamities, these first responders rush to the spot selflessly.
Privately owned BM Container Depot resumed handling export cargoes on a limited scale today after over four and a half months of the fatal explosion at the depot on June 4 that left 51 people dead.
Police recovered more human remains under the debris of BM Container Depot today in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, 10 days after the blast that claimed 47 lives so far.
In the last week of May, the Hathazari-based Al-Razi Chemical Complex was warned of the hazards of storing hydrogen peroxide in jerrycans. But the company was not stirred to action.
Police yesterday sued eight officials of the fire-ravaged BM Container Depot for negligence but left out the owners of the depot.
After 86 hours, the devastating fire at BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda has finally been doused, said Lt Col Ariful Islam, commander of the 18th Brigade of Bangladesh Army’s 24th Infantry Division.
A majority of those injured in the Chattogram depot blasts have suffered eye injuries and many are at risk of permanent vision loss.
Bangladesh Fire Service deployed fire-fighting robots for the first time to extinguish the Sitakunda fire.
The death toll from the fire and subsequent explosions at BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila has risen to 44, with 12 of the victims being fire service personnel.
They are the ones who run towards danger when others run from it. Be it a fire, explosion, road accident, landslide, launch capsize or other natural or manmade calamities, these first responders rush to the spot selflessly.
Deadly depot blast exposes the poor state of industrial safety in Bangladesh
