Transformer fault ruled out in deadly Bangladesh fire
A faulty transformer has been ruled out as the cause of a deadly fire in Bangladesh which has claimed 67 lives.
At least 67 people were killed in a fire in Chwakbazar, Bangladesh.
Fire service officials blamed combustible chemical (body spray), inadequate water supply in the narrow alley and inability of firefighters to reach the spot with equipment as the reasons for such a huge number of deaths.
Dhaka Power Distribution Company’s lineman Mobarak Hossain refuted the ‘theory of transformer blast’ saying there was no transformer in the area where the fire broke out.
The four other transformers of the adjacent area are also intact.
Local traders, as well as the industries minister, denied statements that illegally stored chemical body sprays were to blame for the intensity of the fire, instead citing a cylinder blast as the culprit.
Fire service officials maintained that they did not find any evidence of gas cylinder blasts.
Fire service authorities did not make any comment about the origin of the fire. However, fire service department director Shakil Newaz told Prothom Alo that it would take at least 7 days.
Bodies of most of the victims were burnt beyond recognition. Inspector general of police Md Jabed Patwary informed the media that 37 bodies were identified as of Thursday evening.
“The corpses have turned into skeletons. Some are burnt beyond recognition. DNA test is needed to identify those bodies,” DMCH’s National Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit chief coordinator Samanta Lal Sen told Prothom Alo.
Source: Prothom Alo
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