20161207 Forty shops gutted in Ctg fire
Bangladesh Dec 08 2016 “Stores”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 30 to 69 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Forty shops gutted in Ctg fire
Updated: 2016-12-08 12:00
Fire damaged valuables of 40 shops at Saltgola Ishan Mistrir Hat in Chittagong city yesterday.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit at one of the shops — 15 grocery shops, five tea stalls, 13 betel-nut shops, four pharmacies and three saloons — around 7:50am and soon spread, said Sarwar Jahan of Agrabad Fire Service Control Room.
On information, firefighters rushed there and doused the blaze. The damage cased by the fire was estimated at Tk 5 lakh, he added.
Web Source: The daily star
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