30 houses gutted, five hurt

At least 30 dwelling houses were gutted and five received burn injures on Saturday night in a devastating fire in Gabtola Goborchaka area in the city. Officer in-charge in Sonadanga model police station Quamruzzaman, quoting locals, said that the fire originated from a stove at a small restaurant at around 8.00pm and soon engulfed the adjacent houses. Four fire fighting units from Boyra with the help of local people extinguished the blaze after around one hour of frantic efforts.