Deadly fire spreads in a container depot, Bangladesh

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 01 May 2022 at 04:26:59 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 June 2022 at 04:27:11 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 June 2022 at 04:15:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): fire, shipment, containers, disaster, Bangladesh, Asia
Fig. 1 - S2 (01.05 - 05.06.2022) - The fire breaks on the 4 june 2022. Several expolosion happen due to chemicals stored in the containers.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (07.06.2022) - Several explosions devastated the depot, killing at least 41 peoples including 9 firefighters. (NY Times)
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