At least 26 thatched houses were gutted in two separate incidents of fire in Chittagong city yesterday.
Fire Brigade sources said a fire had originated from an electric short circuit at a thatched house at Koborsthan (Muslim Graveyard) Colony located at the inner side of Amin Jute Mill area around 4am and engulfed the adjoining 16 houses.
On receiving the information, a fire-fighting unit from Bayezid fire station rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 6:20am.
Meanwhile, nine other thatched houses were gutted as a fire originated from a stove in Jelepara in Bandar area around 11am, the sources said, adding that two fire fighting units from Bandar fire station extinguished the blaze in an hour’s effort.
The fire brigade officials estimated that valuables worth Tk10 lakh were burnt into ashes in the incidents.
