Sundarbans fire now under control
The fire that erupted in Tultala area of Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Sarankhola upazila on Wednesday afternoon finally came under control yesterday noon.
Mohammad Manikuzzaman, deputy assistant director of Bagerhat Fire Station, said the firefighters have already left the area for their stations after taming the blaze.
Four units from Khulna, Bagerhat Sadar, Morelganj and Sharankhola stations managed to extinguish the blaze with the help of Forest Department employees and local people around noon.
Dhan Sagar Station official Sultan Mahmud said the department filed a case accusing six people in connection with the incident.
Among them, Sogir Choukidar, a resident of Uttar Rajapur village of Sarankhola upazila, was made the main accused.
The forest department will investigate the case and submit the report to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court tomorrow, said the official.
Mohammad Saidul Islam, forest officer of the forest range (East), said the fire caused an estimated loss of Tk 2.5 lakh.
Meanwhile, a six-member probe committee, led by Mohammad Moazed Hossain, joint secretary of Environment and Forests Ministry, has been formed to investigate the fire incidents that have taken place in the forest range so far.
The committee was asked to submit its report within 10 days.
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