- The number of deaths is expected to increase because the condition of some of the injured is life-threatening, says chief physician Elias Chowdhury.
At least three from the rescue service are among the dead and at least 40 rescue workers and ten police officers have been injured.
The fire broke out at the container warehouse just before midnight in Sitakunda, about 40 km from the port city of Chittagong.
Local media report that as many as 300 people have been injured and people are being asked to donate blood.
On Sunday morning, the extinguishing work was still going on, but the fire was judged to be under control.
Clothes were stored in containers, worth millions of dollars, which were to be sent for export to retailers in the west, according to local authorities.