Another firefighter dies at hospital

A firefighter, who sustained injuries in a fire at BM Inland Container Depot at Sitakunda in Chattogram on June 4, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on early Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Gausul Azam, 22; he was on life-support at the intensive care unit of the hospital.

With this, the death toll in the fire incident reached 47; and of the deceased, 10 were firefighters.

The hospital residential surgeon SM Ayub Hossain said that Gausul suffered 70 per cent burns and he died from his injures at about 4:30am.

Another firefighter, Robin Miah, 22, and a container driver, Nazrul Islam Mandal, 38, were undergoing treatment at the ICU of the hospital, the doctor said.

The fire and subsequent blasts at the container depot left at least 47 people dead and over 200 people wounded.

The police on June 8 filed a case against eight employees of the depot three days after the fire.

Sitakunda police sub-inspector Ashraf Siddique lodged the case following instructions of high officials, said police officials.

The owners of the depot and Al Razi Chemical Complex Limited were spared in the case.

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