The death toll from the deadly fire at a filing station in Kushtia's Bheramara upazila rose to five, with another victim succumbing to his burn injuries at a hospital in Dhaka today (September 7, 2022). The deceased was identified as Md Bidyut Hossain, 25, who worked as an accountant at the fuel pump and a resident of the Porankhali area of the upazila. Bidyut, who sustained only 17% burn injuries in the fire, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the early hours of Wednesday, said Mojibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bheramara Police Station. Read: Keraniganj blast: Death toll rises to 5 Earlier on August 18, another worker Rimon succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. On August 12, the fire broke out at Dafadar Filling Station in the Mahishdoba area around 7.30 pm while unloading of fuel from an oil tanker. Two workers -- Shahajul, 35, son of Shahajuddin and Bijoy,16, son of Touhidul Islam of Digholkandi village in Bheramara upazila -- died on the spot while three people sustained burn injuries. No arrest has been made in this connection as no complaint was lodged, said the OC, adding that "an investigation is on".

Vehicles in eight northern districts are not getting fuel oil at the petrol pumps to run the wheels as the supply of fuel oil remained stopped after Eid-ul-Fitr,  causing immense suffering to people.  According to petrol pump owners , petrol, octane and diesel are supplied to the railway head depot in Parbatipur of Dinajpur from Chattogram through Khulna to meet the demand of eight districts of the northern region.  The authorities concerned did not supply even one liter of petrol to the depot after Eid which created a huge fuel crisis in the region.  An official of local Petrobangla office said he doesn’t know when the next shipment of fuel oil will reach Parbatipur depot. He, however, said, a freight train started the journey from Khulna to Dinajpur on Monday.   Also Read: Cabinet purchase body approves import of diesel, Jet fuel, LNG and fertilizer Meanwhile, petrol pumps have been supplying octane on a limited scale which does not meet the demand.  Petobangla had supplied two lakh liters of petrol to Dinajpur depot from Khulna before Eid. On the other hand, it supplied the same amount of octane on Sunday (May 8) which is not sufficient to meet the demand.  Md. Imran, manager of Parbatipur head depot, said, eight northern districts have 125 petrol pumps. Oil tankers from these pumps are waiting in queues at the depot for oil.   Petrobangla set up a head depot at Parbatipur rail station to supply fuel oil to eight northern districts to meet of demand for fuel oil.