Ctg houses, warehouses, shop, factory burnt to ashes
Fire gutted eight tin-roofed houses, a shop and a warehouse of dry fish and another warehouse of soap, and a salt manufacturing factory at Asadganj Shutki (dry fish) Potti in Chittagong city yesterday morning.
Md Jamal Hossain, joint secretary of Asadganj Dry Fish Traders Association, said the fire inflicted a damage worth about Tk 50 lakh.
Meanwhile, at Khalifa Potti in Chittagong city, a fire gutted three tin-shed houses, comprising 22 rooms, and caused damage about Tk 5 lakh, said the officials. The fire originated from an oven at one of the houses around 11:20am.
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