At least 38 people killed in Bangladesh ferry fire

At least 38 people have died in Bangladesh after a fire swept through a launch on the Sugandha River in Bangladesh, an official said on Friday.

"We have recovered 38 bodies so far," Kalam Hossain Bhuiyan, a senior fire service official in the southern district of Jhalakathi, where the accident happened at around 3 a.m. local time.

The fire started from the engine room of the launch, which was heading to Barguna from the capital Dhaka via Jhalakathi, Bhuiyan added.