The fire at the BM container depot at Sitakunda in Chittagong has been completely extinguished after about 87 hours.
Army 18 Brigade of 24 Infantry Division Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ariful Islam Himel gave the information at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
“The fire has been completely extinguished. There is no fire anywhere in the depot,” he said.
While some containers are still seen emitting smoke, there is no active fire, the army official said. He said that smoke is coming out of the garment products in the containers as they are being sprayed with water.
"More work is needed to make the depot area safe," he added.
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Meanwhile, police have lodged a case at Sitakunda Police Station against 8 people over the incident, District Special Branch Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Emran Ali confirmed.
Earlier on Wednesday, the fire service informed that two units of the fire service were working to put out the fire.
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The fire originated at the depot at about 9:35pm Saturday night. So far 44 people have perished in this incident. Nine of the dead were firefighters. More than four hundred have been burnt.
