The country, reliant on river travel, has a long history of water calamities.
Golam Sadek, head of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, told AFP that the ship was constructed in 2019 and cleared for use through 2022. The ferry had a license to carry a maximum of 420 people, though survivors and officials estimated that between 500 and 700 people were aboard when the fire broke out, according to AFP.
The ferry left Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, on Thursday and was traveling along the Sugandha river near the town of Jhalakathi when the blaze overtook the three-decker boat. Local officials said they think the fire started in the engine room, . The country’s department of Fire Service and Civil Defense did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the cause of the blaze or its impact.Mohammad Ismail, 48, told AFP that he threw his mother into the cold river and dragged her ashore. But he could not find his wife and daughter when he returned to the ferry to search for them.Another woman told the news agency that she gave her 6-month-old nephew to a man as the flames spread and she tried to help other family members.
Fire and ferry tragedies are common in Bangladesh, despite pledges by authorities to improve regulations.died when a boat carrying more than a hundred passengers collided with a cargo vessel in eastern Bangladesh.
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