Passengers jumped off vessel carrying 800 passengers and tried to swim ashore, officials say
Fire has swept through a river ferry in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and 72 injured, as passengers jumped off the vessel and swam to the shore, officials said.
The blaze broke out around 3am on Friday on the MV Avijan-10 off the coast of Jhalokati district on the Sugandha River.
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