34 killed, Scores Injured in Bangladesh Depot Fire
Daily Rendezvous Huge blaze breaks out at container storage facility 40km from country’s main sea port, Chittagong, with toll expected to rise further. Local media put the number of injuries at about 300, and requests for blood donations for the injured flooded social media. Emergency crews were still working to put out the fire Sunday morning and military clinics were helping to treat the injured. Mominur Rahman, the chief administrator of Chittagong district, said while the fire was largely under control, there were “still several pockets of fire in the depot”. “Firefighters are trying to control these pocket fires,” he said. Rahman said the depot contained millions of dollars of garment products waiting to be exported to Western retailers, for whom Bangladesh is a key supplier. Ruhul Amin Sikder, spokesman for the Bangladesh Inland Container Association (BICA), said some of the containers at the 30-acre private depot contained chemicals, including hydrogen pe...