Valuables worth over Tk 80 lakh gutted in Ctg
Two warehouses, two tin-shed dwelling houses and properties worth over Tk 80 lakh were reduced to ashes in a fire in the port city's Majhir Ghat area in the early hours yesterday.
Sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at around 12:45am at a tin-shed house of one Kabir Sawdagor in Majhir Ghat area.
Fire spread fast engulfing another house of one Mohammad Moinuddin and two godowns of chalk powder and different imported products owned by Mohiuddin and Shahjahan Mian.
Eleven fire-fighting units from the city's different fire stations rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at around 6:45am.
Fire Service and Civil Defence sources said damages due to the fire were estimated at Tk 80 lakh.
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) acting Mayor M Manjur Alam visited the spot in the morning accompanied by local Ward Commissioner Shahedul Islam Tulu.
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