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title: "Deadly fire exacerbated by mis-labelled chemicals"
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url: "https://cbrneworld.com/news/subscribers/deadly-fire-exacerbated-by-mislabelled-chemicals"
date: "2026-07-30T21:09:41+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
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#  Deadly fire exacerbated by mis-labelled chemicals

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 07 June 2022.

 A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh has killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others. The fire, which took 3 days to get under control was, according to Bangladeshi officials, exacerbated by the incorrect labelling of chemicals stored in the depot.

Officials have said that containers of hydrogen peroxide were labelled incorrectly - and firefighters doused flames with water instead of foam.

Hundreds of people were injured or are still missing in the disaster at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda, 40km (25 miles) from Chittagong, and the number of dead is expected to rise.

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