The death toll has risen further from a devastating explosion on a tanker being scrapped in Bangladesh.

The blast took place on 7 September on board the 32,900-dwt Swarajya (ex-Suvarna Swarajya, built 1998), which was beached on the Chattogram plot of SN Corp in April this year.

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TradeWinds reported at the time that one worker had died, with 11 others critically injured.