Jhalakathi launch fire death toll rises to 48
Staff Reporter
The confirmed death toll from December 24 deadly launch fire off the coast of Jhalakathi rose to 48 on Monday morning, as another injured person succumbed to his injuries at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
He was undergoing treatment at the institute's intensive care unit (ICU). He breathed his last this morning, said Chief Coordinator of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Dr Samanta Lal Sen.
The blaze broke out around 3.00am on December 24 on the Barguna-bound launch carrying some 800 passengers from Dhaka, and it engulfed the entire vessel within 10 minutes.
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