60 houses gutted

Fire gutted at least 60 houses at Sarkarpara village in Khansama upazila of the district on Saturday night. Fire service officials said the fire originated from a mosquito coil at the house of one Laloni Rani Roy at the village around 10:30pm and soon engulfed the adjacent houses. On information, a fire-fighting unit from Nilphamari town went to the spot and doused the blaze.