Death toll rises to six from Bangladesh's ship-breaking yard fire


By Karim
  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Sep 2024

DHAKA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from last week's explosion and fire at a ship-breaking yard in southeastern Bangladesh has hit six with two more injured succumbing to their wounds, an official said.

The victims died Saturday at a hospital in Dhaka, said Tariqul Islam, a resident physician of the institute.

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