41 People Dead After Fire Breaks Out Aboard Packed Ferry In Bangladesh

A crowded three-storey ferry carrying around 800 passengers caught fire on the Sugandha River in southern Bangladesh early Friday, killing at least 41 people and injuring over 150 others, officials said, in the latest maritime tragedy to hit the country criss-crossed by rivers. The fire broke out around 3:00 am (local time) on Friday in the engine room of the Barguna-bound MV Abhijan-10 launch that started a journey from Dhaka, police and fire service officials said, adding that scores of other passengers were missing.

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