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Bangladesh officials say depot fire exacerbated by mislabelled chemicals

BBC News

June 6, 2022

Bangladeshi officials have accused the operator of a container depot of exacerbating a deadly blaze by not storing chemicals safely.

Nine firefighters were among more than 40 people killed after fire broke out near the port city of Chittagong.

Officials said containers of hydrogen peroxide were labelled incorrectly – and firefighters doused flames with water instead of foam.

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