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Human remains recovered from BM container depot site

UNB . Chattogram
06 Jul 2022 19:49:37 | Update: 06 Jul 2022 20:13:47
Human remains recovered from BM container depot site
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out at a container storage facility in Sitakunda, about 40 km (25 miles) from the key port of Chittagong on June 5, 2022 — AFP Photo

Police on Wednesday recovered the remains of one individual from the shade of BM container depot in Sitakunda, one month after the devastating fire incident.

With the recovery of the skull and bones, the death toll from the massive inferno rose to 51.

Sitakunda Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam Azad said a skull and some charred bones of an individual were recovered during the cleaning work in the depot around 1:15pm.

The recovered skull and bones were sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital morgue for DNA test.

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Fifty were killed and over 200 injured in a fire and subsequent blasts at BM Container Depot at Sitakunda of Chattogram on June 4.

Ten firefighters died in the incident. It is said to be the ‘largest death figure’ the fire service has seen in a single incident.

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