Fire guts 16 Ctg houses
A fire gutted 16 houses, causing around Tk 10 lakh worth damage, at Akil Pur under Sitakunda Police Station in Chittagong yesterday, said fire brigade sources.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit in one of the houses around 2:55am. Three fire fighting units from Kumira and Sitakunda fire stations rushed to the spot and doused the flames around 5:30am, they added.
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