DHAKA, Bangladesh
At least 11 people have died and about 30 are missing after a boat capsized in a river in north-eastern Bangladesh on Monday night.
The incident happened in the Surma river in Sunamgonj at 9pm after a fire started in the boat's kitchen room.
All but one of the victims was unidentifiable because of the severity of the burns.
Witnesses said the engine-run boat, carrying 100 people including 20 women and children, was going to another district from Sunamgonj at 8pm.
Forty people were injured while a large number of passengers managed to save their lives by jumping out of the burning boat.
Most of the passengers worked as stone collectors in the district.
By Ferdous Ahmad Bhuiyan
englishnews@aa.com.tr
