Blaze at Faridpur bazar guts 13 shops

Published: December 28, 2018 13:24:45 | Updated: December 29, 2018 12:23:29

Thirteen shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Satroshi Bazar in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur early Friday.

Faridpur Fire Service station officer Saifuzzaman said the fire broke out at a shop around 3:00am and soon spread to the adjacent shops.

On information, three firefighting units went to the spot and extinguished the blaze after one and a half hours of frantic efforts, according to a news agency report.

The affected shop owners claimed that extent of loss caused by the fire could go up to Tk 10 million (Tk one crore).