INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, conveyed condolences to the Bangladeshi government and people
following a large fire at a container depot in a port city in southern Bangladesh, which claimed the lives of at least 49 people and wounded
100 others.Khatibzadeh sympathized with the victims' families, and wished the wounded a speedy recovery.The fire broke out at midnight at
the BM Inland Container Depot, a joint venture between the Netherlands and Bangladesh, after explosions in a chemical container
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained right away
The depot is located 216 kilometers southeast of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, near the country's important Chittagong Seaport.According to
Brigadier-General Main Uddin, director-general of the Bangladesh fire service and civil defense, at least nine firemen were killed
He mentioned that more than 10 others were being treated for burns.
