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Daily Mirror
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Will Maule

Bangladesh explosion: 16 killed and scores injured in storage unit facility

A fire at a storage unit facility has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 150, officials said on Sunday.

It broke out at a container facility on Saturday night at Sitakunda, 40 km (25 miles) from the port city of Chittagong, in Bangladesh, triggering multiple container explosions after a huge blast at the site.

Firefighters were still working to put out the fire on Sunday morning, said fire service official Faruk Hossain Shikder.

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