Five houses gutted in Ctg

Fire service sources said the fire originated from a kitchen oven of a room of a house at Sheikh Delwar Colony at around 1:00pm, which soon engulfed the adjoining rooms and houses and destroyed them completely.

Eleven fire fighting units from city's different fire stations rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze after a two-hour effort.

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It has been estimated that the fire damaged property worth Tk 5 lakh, sources said.