More human remains including a skull have been recovered from the fire-ravaged site of the debris of BM Depot in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram, raising the death toll to 50.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sitakunda Circle Ashraful Karim confirmed the development on Monday.
"The remains may belong to one person. Parts of the human skull were found when staff of the depot were cleaning the area of the warehouse at around 3pm," he said.
On information, police rushed to the spot and the remains were sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue. Now the death toll stands at 50, he said.
A never-seen-before fire broke out at BM Container Depot on the night of June 4, making it one of the deadliest workplace tragedies in Bangladesh
Investigators said the container depot had stored at least 27 containers full of Hydrogen Peroxide which led to deadly blasts costing 50 lives, including 10 firefighters and more than 250 injured.
Eight officials of the fire-ravaged BM Container Depot were sued by police for negligence but left out the owners of the depot.
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