Ferry fire kills at least 37 in southern Bangladesh

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A idiosyncratic consoles his comparative who is incapable to find his 5 years aged lad travelling successful a ferry which caught fire, astatine a authorities aesculapian hospital, successful Barishal, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. Bangladesh occurrence services accidental astatine slightest 37 passengers person been killed and galore others injured successful a monolithic occurrence that swept done a ferry connected the confederate Sugandha River. The blaze broke retired astir 3 a.m. Friday connected the ferry packed with 800 passengers. (AP Photo/Niamul Rifat)

DHAKA – A monolithic occurrence swept done a crowded stream ferry successful confederate Bangladesh aboriginal Friday, leaving astatine slightest 37 dormant and 72 injured, arsenic passengers jumped disconnected the vas and swam to the shore, officials said.

The blaze broke retired astir 3 a.m. connected the MV Avijan-10 disconnected the seashore of Jhalokati territory connected the Sugandha River.

The United News of Bangladesh quality bureau quoted occurrence serviceman Kamal Uddin arsenic saying the ferry was carrying 800 passengers from Dhaka, the capital, to Barguna, astir 250 kilometres (155 miles) to the south.

Police serviceman Khalilur Rahman said 48 of the 72 radical rescued were admitted to a authorities infirmary with burns. At slightest 37 bodies person been recovered.

The rescue ngo is ongoing and the casualties are apt to spell up, said occurrence serviceman Fazlul Haque.

There was nary connection connected what caused the fire.

Ferry accidents are communal and are often blamed connected overcrowding and lax rules successful Bangladesh, which is crisscrossed by astir 130 rivers. Ferries are a starring means of transportation, particularly successful the confederate and northeastern regions.

In April, 25 radical died aft a ferry collided with different vas and capsized extracurricular Dhaka.

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