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13 shops gutted
Thirteen shops were gutted in a fire at Bhabanipur Bazaar in Atrai upazila early yesterday. Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop at around 2:00am and soon engulfed the adjacent 12 shops. Bhabanipur Traders Association President Alamgir Hossain said the fire gutted the grocery shops, poultry shops, rice shop, tailoring shop, umbrella shop, CD shop, betel-leaf shop, and medicine shop. Affected shop owners claimed that cash and valuables worth over Tk 5 lakh were gutted in the blaze.
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