DHAKA: Chinese emergency workers raced to put out four new fires that had broken out close to the site where two massive explosions in a warehouse storing dangerous chemicals killed 114 people last week.

The official Xinhua news agency said on Friday that one of the "ignition points" came from within an automobile distribution area near the blast site and the other three were within the central blast area.

The August 12 blasts occurred at a warehouse, where more than 700 tons of highly toxic substances, mainly sodium cyanide, were being stored, state media have reported.

At least 114 people were killed as a result of the explosions, and 69 people are reported missing.

The explosions affected a huge swath of the city: 17,000 homes damaged, more than 170 companies affected and 3,000 cars destroyed.

BDST: 1344 HRS, AUG 21, 2015
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