At least 37 people were reported died on an overcrowded ferry caught by fire in Bangladesh on Friday. Terrified passengers jumped off to escape the blaze.
Initial investigation said that the blaze was believed to have originated in the engine room and ripped through the ferry, which was carrying at least 500 people. Many of the passengers were returning home from Dhaka. Officials said, the capacity of the ferry is only 310.
'We have recovered 37 bodies. The death toll may rise. Most died from the fire and a few by drowning after many people jumped into the river,' local police chief Moinul Islam told AFP.
'We have sent some 100 people with burn injuries to hospitals in Barisal,' he said.
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