A total of 16 shops, a steel mill and a car was damaged in fire incidents in Chittagong, Kishoreganj and Madaripur in the last two days.
In Chittagong, a steel mill and a private car was gutted in fire early yesterday in Chittagong city’s Sher Shah, under Bayezid police station, and Teribazar area.
Fire brigade sources said the fire at Multi Steel Mill in Sher Shah had originated from an electric short-circuit around 12:30am.
Md Jashim Uddin, deputy assistant director (DAD) of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters in Chittagong said a unit of Bayezid Fire Station went to the spot and doused the fire after one and an half hour attempt.
Asked about the loss, fire service sources said some of the machineries at the mill were burnt and damaged.
About the other incident, DAD Jashim said fire gutted a private car on Katapahar Road in the city’s Teribazar area around 1:30am when the battery of the car’s engine was blasted.
A fire fighting unit, on information, went to the spot and extinguished the fire, added the DAD.
The fire brigade officials estimated the loss in the incidents to be over Tk5 lakh.
In Kishoreganj, at least three shops were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out in a stationery shop in Dorga Bazar area in Pakundia upazila yesterday morning.
Fire service sources said the fire had originated from an electrical short-circuit around 9:30am and soon engulfed nearby shops.
Upon receiving information, a unit of Kishoreganj fire service rushed to the spot and doused the blaze after an hour-long effort with the help of locals, Kishoreganj Fire Service Station Deputy Assistant Director Prannath Saha said.
The owners of the shops claimed approximately Tk30 lakh worth of goods were destroyed in the fire.
In Madaripur, at least 13 shops of Sahebrampur Market in Kalkini upazila were burnt down Wednesday night.
Owners of the shop claimed that they had a total loss of almost Tk50 lakh. About the cause of fire, they said it might have occurred from an electric short-circuit.
Locals said they saw flames in some of the shops around 2:30am on Wednesday night and tried to douse the fire.
Later, three units of Fire Service and Civil Defence from Madaripur and Gouronadi upazila reached the spot and doused the fire after two hours attempt.