
Bangladesh: at least 49 dead in a gigantic explosion in a container depot
At least 49 people were killed and more than 300 injured in a massive chemical explosion, triggered by a fire, at a container depot in Sitakunda, Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday. Volunteer rescuers, sometimes wearing only flip-flops, were extracting corpses from the charred, debris-strewn dump, and claimed there were still some left inside. Several people…