31 people rescued after LNG-carrying vessel catches fire off Ctg port

Members of Coast Guard and Bangladesh Navy rescued 31 people from a lighter vessel that caught fire at Kutubdia Point in the Bay of Bengal on early Sunday, said authorities.

Lieutenant Shakib Mehbub, an official of the east zone of the CG in Kutubdia, confirmed the incident saying that crews and other staffs of the vessel jumped off the vessel in the sea after it caught fire at about 1:00am.

Earlier, the anchored vessel carrying Liquefied NatonalGas caught fire following an explosion at Kutubdia Point.

Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, acting Kutubdia upazila nirbahi officer, said that they informed the higher authorities, Bangladesh Navy and Coast Guard.

Local people said that the B-LPG Sofia vessel caught fire with a big bang when it was at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port at about 1:00am.

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