At least 15 dead in fire at Bangladesh container depot

A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh left at least 15 people dead and more than 100 others wounded.

The fire at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, broke out around midnight Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals.

The death toll could still rise further and many fire service officials and police were among the injured. About 5,000 containers are in the depot.

The depot handles goods for export and import and is located about 20 kilometers from the country’s main Chittagong Seaport.