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Explosion and fire at Bangladesh container depot kills at least 49, death toll expected to rise | South China Morning Post

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A massive fire at a container depot near Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh has killed at least 49 people and injured more than 300 others. The blaze at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, broke out around midnight on June 4, 2022, after a series of explosions set several containers f…

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