CHATTOGRAM, Sept 30, 2024 (BSS)-Two  bodies were recovered from the fire of a  crude oil tanker ‘Banglar Jyoti’ hours after a fire broke out following an explosion on the ship's bow near Dolphin Jetty number seven  of Patenga   today.

 Confirming the incident, Naval Commander Masud Iqbal told journalists that one of the dead bodies was found hanging on the deck   of the ship this afternoon.

One of the victim was   deck cadet Shourabh, 31 and the identity of another dead is yet to be identified as his different parts of the  body   were found scattered, he said.

Abdul Wadud, president of Seamen's Association of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation said Shourabh and two other workshop technicians, Harun and Nurul Islam were missing till filling of this report.  

Omor Faruk, secretary of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) informed that the fire incident took place following an explosion on the ship's bow at a state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) crude oil carrying old ship near Dolphin Jetty number seven of city’s Patenga  area.  

The tanker was unloading around 11,000 tonnes of crude oil from large vessels anchored outside the port and brought it to Patenga refinery.

The fire has been brought under control, the sources said.

 The fire fighters of CPA, along with the Bangladesh Navy, Coast Guard, and Fire Service and Civil Defence officials dispatched multiple tugboats and fire fighting vessels to control the blaze.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.