The death toll from the explosion in a gas pipeline in Keraniganj rose to six, with another victim succumbing to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Yeasin, 12. Yeasin, who sustained 28% burn injuries, breathed his last in the intensive care unit of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery under DMCH around 7.50am, said DMCH police outpost in-charge Inspector Md Bacchu Mia. The body has been kept in the hospital morgue, he said. Read:Six of family injured in gas pipeline explosion in Keraniganj On August 30, six members of the family suffered critical burn injuries in a fire triggered by the explosion in the gas pipeline of their house in the Jinjira area of Keraniganj. Maria Akter, 8, succumbed to her burn injuries hours after she was brought to the hospital. Shahadat Hossain, 20, and his grandmother Begum, 60, died on Friday at the hospital. On Monday, Panna Begum, 50, succumbed to her burn injuries at the same hospital while Sonia Akter, 26, died on Tuesday.

The death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has risen to 32 and some parts of the building remain inaccessible more than a day later, state media reported. The fire that began late Tuesday trapped workers and customers inside the multi-story venue in Thuan An city in Binh Duong province, state media said. The fire was brought under control quickly but smoldered into the next day. Vietnam News Agency reported 32 deaths from the blaze as of late Wednesday and at least one karaoke room and one storage room have not been accessed because the temperature remained high. Read: 6 die in crash of Vietnam-era helicopter in West Virginia Some people were injured from asphyxiation and others suffered broken limbs when they jumped from upper floors to try to escape the fire, reports said. Firefighters using ladders from their trucks managed to rescue others. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended his condolences to families of the victims and asked government officials to support the families and quickly find the cause of the blaze. The preliminary finding was that it was caused by an electrical short circuit and started on the second or third floor. Enforcement of safety standards at entertainment venues in many parts of Southeast Asia is sometimes lax and believed to contribute to multiple deaths in case of fires. Police in Thailand said that a pub in the eastern province of Chonburi was presenting live entertainment without a license when a fire broke out in early August, trapping many people inside because exits were blocked or locked. Read:Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry to visit Greece, Indonesia, Vietnam The toll from that fire has climbed to 23 dead, 13 of them on the night of the blaze and 10 in the month since then. Many had serious burns over most of their bodies, which are extremely difficult to guard against deadly infections. At least five other victims are believed to still be on ventilators.

At least 65 thatched houses were gutted in a fire which broke out at Jaladas Para(fishermen's area)in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram district early Wednesday. Eight people sustained burn injuries while trying to extinguish the blaze, said Azadul Islam, in-charge of Banshkhali Fire Service Station. Read: Kushtia filling station fire: Death toll rises to 5 He said the fire broke out at a house around 4:10 am and engulfed the adjoining houses.

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".

Two shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at a market in the city’s Gulistan area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defense HQ, said the fire broke out at a shop in Baitusshamir Market around 5am and engulfed an adjacent shop. On information, five fire tenders were pressed into the service and the blaze was brought under control in an hour, he said. Read: Gazipur yarn godown fire under control “A probe has been ordered to ascertain the exact cause of the fire,” he said.    

The death toll from the explosion in a gas pipeline in Keraniganj rose to three as two of the six victims died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Friday. The deceased were identified as Shahadat, 20, and his grandmother Begum, 60. Shahadat, who sustained 52 percent burn injuries, breathed his last at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 2:30 pm, said the hospital’s Resident Surgeon Dr SM Ayub Hossain. Begum died around 6:30 pm while undergoing treatment at the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) with 23 percent burn injuries, he added. The bodies were kept at the hospital morgue, said DMCH police outpost in-charge Inspector Md Bacchu Mia. Read: Fire breaks out at DNCC building On Tuesday, six members of a family suffered critical burn injuries in a fire in the gas pipeline of their house in the Jinjira area of Keraniganj. Maria Akter, 8, succumbed to her burn injuries hours after she was brought to the hospital. The other injured are Iduni Begum, 50, Sonia Akter, 26, Md Sahadat Hossain, 20, and Md Yasin, 12.

A fire broke out at the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) office building in the capital on Thursday, officials said. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. The blaze began at the electrical control room located next to the elevator on the seventh floor of the building around 7.15am. On information, three fire tenders were pressed into the service and the blaze was brought under control around 8.15am, said Makbul Hossain, public relations officer, DNCC. Also read: Fire guts valuables at Gazipur RMG factory “The exact cause of the fire will be known after an investigation,” he said.  

The fire that quickly tore through a slum in the capital's Hazaribag Wednesday was brought under control after nearly one hour, authorities said. Fortunately, no casualties were reported till the filling of this report. Read: Paltan electronics warehouse fire tamed Earlier, the blaze began at 6:15pm at a slum in Bottola, Md Shahjahan Shikdar, deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said. On information, ten firefighting units responded to the fire and the responders could tame the flames at 7:30pm. The reasons for the fire mishap and the extent of damage could not be confirmed immediately, Shahjahan said.

A Philippine ferry carrying 82 passengers and crew caught fire as it was approaching a port south of Manila on Friday, and at least 73 of those aboard have been rescued, including many who jumped into the water, the coast guard and survivors said. Search and rescue efforts were continuing after nightfall for the passengers and crew of the M/V Asia Philippines, an inter-island cargo and passenger vessel which came from nearby Calapan city in Oriental Mindoro province, the coast guard said. A 44-year-old woman who was among those rescued was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries. Video released by the coast guard showed flames and black smoke billowing from the ferry, which was near other ships more than a kilometer (about a mile) from the Batangas port’s anchorage area, coast guard officials said. Read: Man opens fire on Philippine campus, killing 3 people A ship helped coast guard vessels extinguish the fire, they said. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear. Passenger Benedict Fernandez told DZMM radio that smoke and flames suddenly rose from the second deck as crew members were apparently trying to turn an engine on and off as the ferry approached the port. There was no immediate order to abandon ship, but when it became hard to see because of the smoke, he said he decided to jump into the water with his two children from the third deck, along with other passengers. “I pushed my children off because if we didn't jump from the top, we would really get burned because the soles of our feet were already feeling the heat,” Fernandez said. They were rescued from the water by another boat that approached the burning ship and then transferred to a tugboat, which brought them to port, he said. The ferry, which was carrying 48 passengers, 34 crewmembers and 16 vehicles, can carry about 400 passengers, the coast guard said. In the past, there have been instances when ferries carried unlisted passengers in defiance of regulations. Sea accidents are common in the Philippine archipelago because of frequent storms, badly maintained boats, overcrowding and spotty enforcement of safety regulations, especially in remote provinces. In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.

A fire that quickly tore through an electronics warehouse in the capital's Paltan on Wednesday was brought under control after nearly two hours, authorities said. Fortunately, no casualties were reported till the filling of this report. Read: Dhaka: Fire breaks out at packaging factory Earlier, the blaze began at the tin-shed warehouse of Hamim Electronics, housed in a two-storey building, near Hotel 71 in Bijoynagar around 6:30pm, Md Shahjahan Shikdar, deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said. Thirteen firefighting units from Siddik Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence responded to the blaze and the responders could tame the flames at 8:27pm. The reasons for the fire mishap and the extent of damage could not be confirmed immediately, Shahjahan said.