At least 38 dead in Bangladesh container depot blaze

A firefighter works to contain a blaze at the BM Inland Container Depot (AP)

A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in south-eastern Bangladesh killed at least 38 people and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported on Sunday.

The blaze at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, broke out at around midnight on Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals, and firefighters struggled to get the flames under control.