27 houses, 8 shops gutted in Ctg
Twenty-seven houses, eight shops and assets worth around Tk 30 lakh were reduced to ashes in two separate incidents of fire in the port city and Mirersarai upazila in Chittagong early yesterday.
Firefighters said the flames originated from an electric short-circuit at a grocery store at Abu Torab Bazar under Mirersarai upazila around 3:30am and spread rapidly to seven more adjoining shops including a grocery store, a cosmetics shop, a barber shop and a tea stall.
Two fire engines rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire after a two-and-a-half-hour battle.
According to sources in the Fire Service and Civil Defence, the damage was estimated at Tk 25 lakh.
Meanwhile, 27 homes, including 17 shanties and 10 semi-puccas houses, were reduced to ashes in a fire at the port city's Aman Bazar.
Firemen suspected that an electric short-circuit might have caused the blaze at Badsha Mia Colony of the area around 3:15am that spread fast engulfing the neighbouring houses causing an estimated property loss of Tk 5 lakh.
Two fire engines doused the fire after one and a half hours' struggle with the flames.
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