Dhaka, Rescue workers are still searching for dozens of people who are missing after a fire broke out on a crowded ferry in southern Bangladesh killing at least 39 passengers, the dpa quoted officials as said on Sunday.

The ferry, MV Obhijan-10, was carrying nearly 800 people on Friday as it traveled along the Sugandha river in Jhalakathi district, nearly 150 kilometers south-west of Dhaka.

“We have prepared a list of 29 passengers still missing based on reports from relatives,” chief of the district administration Zohar Ali said. Fire Service and Civil Defense department workers who are searching for people did not find anyone on Sunday, he said.

“We are not quite sure whether they are alive,” he said.

Source: Saudi Press Agency