Fire gutted a printing press and a motorbike showroom damaging goods worth Tk 20 lakh in the district town on Monday morning, said firefighters. Locals and fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at Saroda Printing Press and Stationery at about 9:10am and soon the flame engulfed the nearby showroom of Indian TVS motorcycle. On information, firefighters from Kurigram rushed to the spot and doused the flame after one and half hours of hectic efforts. The blaze burnt a printing machine, two computers and stationary papers.