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Godown gutted

3 October 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

A paddy and jute godown owned by a retired army man was gutted in a fire on Friday night at Kumrir Hat village of Aditmari upazila. Nine people were injured while trying to put off the fire. Fire service team from Lalmonirhat rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire in a struggle for about two hours. Fire service men said the fire originated from an electric short circuit. According to a preliminary estimate, goods worth Tk 10 lakh were damaged.