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Bangladesh cargo depot fire kills at least 49
CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH - JUNE 5: Firefighters still try to contain the fire caused by an explosion at a private Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong, Bangladesh on June 5, 2022. At least 40 people have been killed and over DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night.The inferno at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, broke out around midnight Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals.