Fire gutted at least 19 houses in two separate incidents at Railway colony and Char Pathargata area in Chittagong yesterday.
Fire Service and Civil Defence sources said a fire originated from an electric short circuit at Railway Masjid Colony under Katwali police station around 3:25pm that left two shops burnt to ashes and damaging assets worth Tk2.5 lakh.
At another incident, 17 thatched houses were gutted at Char Patharghata under Karnaphuli police station early yesterday.
Sources said a fire broke out at a residence from kitchen around 12:15am and soon engulfed the adjacent houses.
No causality was reported from any of the incidents.
