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Survivors of Bangladesh container depot fire seek compensation

An injured victim is brought to hospital after a massive fire broke out in an inland container depot at Sitakunda, near the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh [File: Reuters]

Eyes screwed shut, streaming tears, Mohammad Salauddin recalls the moment he was struck by exploding chemicals and glass in the latest deadly disaster to hit Bangladesh’s manual workers.

More than 40 people were killed and 200 injured – mostly port workers and firefighters – in Saturday’s fire in a depot near the southeastern port of Chittagong, which handles most of the country’s readymade clothes exports to the West.

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