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Shops gutted in Galachipa

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali
At least four business establishments gutted and two others damaged at Natunbazar in Galachipa upazila town early Tuesday. Police and locals said, at about 1am, a fire originated from an electrical short circuit at a shop owned by Nurul Islam and spread to a clothe shop, two electrical shops and a grocery. Local people brought the fire under control after two hours of hectic struggle as there was no fire station in the upazila town. The shop owners claimed that the fire damaged property worth Tk one crore.