50 houses gutted

At least 50 houses were gutted in a fire at Bhajanpur Bhradeswar village in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh district on Tuesday. Firefighter sources said the fire originated from an earthen oven of one Saiful Isalm's house around 5:30pm and soon engulfed the adjacent houses. On information, firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the blaze. The affected house owners claimed that the loss caused by the fire could go up to Tk 1 crore.