10 houses gutted
At least 10 houses were gutted in a fire at Porabari-Uttar Salna village in Sadar upazila on Friday night. Locals said the fire originated from an electrical short circuit at a house of one Hasna Begum at about 10:00pm and soon engulfed the other adjacent dwellings. On information, two fire fighting units from the district town rushed in and doused the blaze after two hours of hectic efforts. The affected house owners claimed that the loss caused by the fire could go up to Tk 10 lakh.
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