Five days later another oil tanker owned by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) caught fire. A steward working on the ship named Chadek Mia died in this incident. The fire broke out on the national flag ship 'MT Banglar Sourav' at the Patenga beach area of ​​Chittagong at 12:50 pm on Friday night. Meanwhile, the senior officials of BSC are seeing the 'fire' in this state-owned ship as sabotage. Bangladesh Shipping Corporation MD Commodore Mahmudul Malek in a press conference at BSC conference room at 10 am on Saturday expressed fears that this incident is part of 'planned sabotage' and an attempt to disrupt national energy security. BSC officials said, on Friday at 12:50 PM, a sudden fire broke out on the ship 'MT Banglar Sourav' in the Patenga beach area at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port. Fires are seen burning simultaneously in different parts of the ship. At that time 47 crew were working on the ship. Seeing the fire, all of them were disoriented. At one point, many people jumped into the sea to save their lives. On receiving the information, rescue teams of Navy, Coast Guard and Port Authority rushed to the spot to douse the fire.

According to Coast Guard sources, the Coast Guard tugboat quickly reached the spot and brought the fire under control within 40 minutes. Later the Navy and Chittagong port tugboats also joined to douse the fire. The ship had 48 personnel including 40 crew. 14 crewmen jumped into the water and the rest remained on board. The Coast Guard successfully rescued 37 workers from Sourav in Bengal, while others were rescued from various places on the sea and beach. Nearby fishing boats also came to the aid of the distressed crew. Meanwhile, when the injured steward Chadek was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, the doctor declared him dead.

Fire service officials said that the locals reported that the oil tanker in the sea caught fire. A unit of fire service went there after getting information. As the ship was in the middle of the sea, they had no chance to go to the spot. It is not known how the fire started. In the press conference, BSC MD Commodore Mahmudul Malek said that a few days ago there was a fire in Bangla Jyoti. Then there was a fire in the fragrance of Bengal. Therefore, we think that this incident is an attempt to threaten national energy security. Those involved in this incident should be identified. A fire broke out simultaneously in four places from the front of the Sourav ship of Bengal. But there was no explosion in the ship. A speedboat passes by at the same time as the ship catches fire. Since there was no gas form or any other cause of fire, we assume that it could be a destructive fire. But everything will be known only after investigation.'

The BSC MD also said that the sea was very rough at the time of the fire on the ship. Due to high wind speed it was difficult to bring the fire under control. Within a short time seven tugboats from the Navy, Coast Guard and Chittagong Port Authority conducted simultaneous operations. After about an hour and a half of extinguishing the fire, the fire started again from inside the front due to the wind. He commented in the press conference that two such incidents back to back (consecutive) are threatening for national energy. The ship had 11,55 tons of oil. The deceased Chadek Mia's house is in Noakhali area. Even after he reached the shore he was conscious. He died on the way to the hospital or after being taken to the hospital due to trauma. None of those who were rescued were seriously injured.

Fire in two ships sabotage or mismanagement: In just five days apart, two oil tankers owned by the Shipping Corporation caught fire. BSC's oil tanker 'Banglar Jyoti' caught fire while unloading oil at Patenga Dolphin Jetty last Monday. After not being able to overcome that shock, a terrible fire broke out in the company's other tanker, Bangla, late on Friday night at the outer anchorage of the port, exactly five days later. Four people died in these two incidents, including three sailors from Jyoti of Bengal and one sailor from Sourav of Bengal. The fire in two ships of the state-owned company in the near future is raising questions from various quarters - is it really an accident or sabotage? BSC Managing Director Commodore Mahmudul Malek, however, hinted at sabotage in a press conference on Saturday. He expressed apprehension that two consecutive oil tanker fires could be an attempt to disrupt national energy security. However, some in the shipping sector say, first of all, it should be seen whether there was any mismanagement by the BSC in the management of the two 37-year-old ships. Then comes the question of sabotage. It also needs to be looked into whether there is an attempt to bypass mismanagement by bringing up the issue of sabotage. Regardless of sabotage or mismanagement, action should be taken against the culprits through a fair investigation. Meanwhile, the company will be in crisis with oil transportation as both the ships of BSC engaged in oil transportation have become useless due to fire. These two vessels unloaded oil from the mother vessel at outer anchorage and brought it to the Eastern Refinery depot.