At least 25 people have been killed and hundreds reported injured in a huge explosion at a depot near the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh.
The explosion happened after firefighters were called to put out a fire at a container storage facility in the town of Sitakunda.
Some of the containers at the depot are believed to have stored chemicals, local media report.
Eyewitnesses said the blast shook buildings several kilometres away.
Many of the injured are reported to be in critical condition with burns covering 60% to 90% of their bodies.
The town is only 40km (25 miles) from the country’s second-largest city, Chittagong, and one of the city’s hospitals has been inundated with victims. The injured include depot workers as well as fire-fighters and police.
BBC
