As of December 30, local time, the Bangladesh Passenger Ship Fire Incident Investigation Committee has not submitted an accident investigation report, which has exceeded the three-day period originally stipulated by the government of the country.

  Officials of the Bangladesh fire department said that 47 people have been confirmed as dead, and the number of missing persons is still unknown.

The list collected by local civil organizations from relatives of some passengers contains at least 60 missing persons.

  Bangladesh media reported that on December 24, the Ministry of Shipping of Bangladesh established a 7-person investigation committee, which was required to submit an investigation report within 3 working days.

Later, the investigation time was approved and extended by 3 working days, but there was still no investigation result by the deadline.

  At about 3 a.m. local time on December 24, a passenger ship caught fire while sailing in the Jalakati area of ​​Bangladesh and was completely engulfed by the fire 10 minutes later.

The accident caused heavy casualties. At that time, about 1,000 passengers were on board, and more than 200 people were injured. A large number of passengers are still missing.

(Produced by Le Xiaomin)

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]