22 shops gutted in Bhola fire


FE Team | Published: January 18, 2020 14:02:58 | Updated: January 22, 2020 16:59:05


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Twenty-two shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at Prodhan bazar in Charfesson upazila of Bhola on early Saturday.

Quoting locals, Shamsul Arefin, officer-in-charge of Charfesson Police Station, said the fire broke out at a mattress shop around 1am from an electric short-circuit and engulfed the adjoining shops.

On information, two firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire after two and a half hours of frantic efforts, said the OC, UNB reported.

Affected shop owners claimed that the estimated loss caused by the fire was around Tk 50 million (5 crore).

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