36 killed after fireplace breaks out aboard ferry in Bangladesh

At least 36 individuals had been killed and a whole bunch injured after a ferry caught fireplace in southern Bangladesh on Friday, officers mentioned. The incident came about early within the morning on the Sugandha River close to the agricultural city of Jhakakathi, round 250 kilometres away from Dhaka.
The fireplace broke out round 3:00 am (native time) on Friday within the engine room of the Barguna-bound MV Abhijan-10 launch that began a journey from Dhaka.
“The three-storey Obhijan 10 caught fire mid-river. We have recovered 32 bodies. The death count may rise. Most died from the fire and a few by drowning after they jumped into the river,” native police chief Moinul Islam informed AFP information company. “We have sent some 100 people with burn injuries to the hospitals in Barisal,” he mentioned.
The vessel was carrying a complete of 500 individuals, officers mentioned. The fireplace additionally left over 200 others with burn accidents. They are at present present process remedy at native hospitals, the report quoted the launch administration, police and fireplace service personnel as saying.
This is the most recent in a string of maritime tragedies to hit the low-lying nation in recent times. In July, 52 individuals died after a hearth broke out in a meals and beverage manufacturing facility within the industrial city of Rupganj. More than 20 individuals had been killed in an identical incident in August, when a ship and a sand-laden cargo ship collided in a lake in jap Bangladesh.
(With PTI, AFP inputs)