The death toll from last week’s explosion and fire at a ship-breaking yard in southeastern Bangladesh rose to six with two more injured succumbing to their wounds, an official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims died on Saturday at a hospital in Dhaka, said Tariqul Islam, a resident physician of the institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“With this, the death toll in the explosion rose to six,” he told journalists, adding that the death toll may rise further as several critically injured patients are undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jahangir Hawlader, 45, and Barkatullah, 23, were declared dead in between 6 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., he said at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jahangir and Barkatullah had suffered burn on 70 and 50 per cent of their bodies respectively, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 12 people were wounded on September 7 after a blast sparked a fire at a ship-breaking factory in Sitakunda on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s southeastern Chattogram seaport city. Four of them had died earlier, Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the injured, Anwar Hossain and Abul Kashem who are still undergoing treatment at the burn institute, have 25 per cent and 70 per cent burn injuries, hospital sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their condition is critical too, the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Industries has formed a committee to investigate the accident while operations at the ship-breaking yard have been suspended until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bangladesh’s Sitakunda sea beaches have emerged as one of the world’s largest ship-breaking yards, with many European shipping companies sending their end-of-life ships for scrap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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