A fire has been reported on a ferry in the Jhalkoti district of Bangladesh on Friday morning. According to a Reuters report, 32 people aboard the ferry have died in the fire. 100 people have been injured. Additional deputy commissioner of Jhalokati district, Mohammad Najmul Alam, said that there were about 1,000 people on the ferry. The ferry was going from Dhaka to the Barguna district. The accident happened at a distance of 200 km from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Local police chief Moinul Islam told AFP news agency, "The three-story ferry Obijan 10 caught fire in the middle of the river. So far 32 bodies have been recovered. Seeing the scorched people, it seems that the death toll may increase. Most of the people died due to burns in the fire. While some people jumped into the river to save their lives. He died as the water was deep.
According to the report, Moinul Islam said that as a preliminary investigation, it has been found that the fire was in the engine of the ferry. The cause of the fire is not yet known. At present, the rescue operation is going on.
Earlier in July, a fire broke out in a 6-story factory in Dhaka. 52 people died in this accident. About 30 people were injured. The fire started on the upper floors of the factory.
