{"id":31423,"date":"2021-12-24T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=31423"},"modified":"2021-12-24T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T07:03:45","slug":"32-dead-in-bangladesh-ferry-fire-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/top-news\/32-dead-in-bangladesh-ferry-fire-police\/","title":{"rendered":"32 dead in Bangladesh ferry fire: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka, Dec 24 (AFP\/APP):At least 32 people died on Friday when a packed ferry caught fire in southern Bangladesh, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The three-storey Obhijan 10 caught fire mid-river. We have recovered 32 bodies. The death toll may rise. Most died from the fire and a few by drowning after they jumped into the river,&#8221; local police chief Moinul Islam told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened early in the morning near the southern rural town of Jhakakathi, 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of the capital Dhaka.<\/p>\n<p>The accident was the latest in a string of similar incidents in the low-lying delta country criss-crossed by rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Experts in the South Asian country of 170 million people blame poor maintenance, lax safety standards at shipyards and overcrowding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka, Dec 24 (AFP\/APP):At least 32 people died on Friday when a packed ferry caught fire in southern Bangladesh, police said. &#8220;The three-storey Obhijan 10 caught fire mid-river. We have recovered 32 bodies. The death toll may rise. 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