Police on Wednesday recovered the remains of one individual from the shade of BM container depot in Sitakunda, one month after the devastating fire incident.
With the recovery of the skull and bones the death toll from the massive inferno rose to 51.
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Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Police Station, said a skull and some charred bones of an individual were recovered during the cleaning work in the depot around 1:15 pm.
The recovered skull and bones were sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital morgue for DNA test.
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Fifty were killed and over 200 injured in a fire and subsequent blasts at BM Container Depot at Sitakunda of Chattogram on June 4.
Ten firefighters died in the incident. It is said to be the ‘largest death figure’ the fire service has seen in a single incident.