The Fire Service was able to tame the flames around 2:39pm
Fire in Bhola guts 20 shops
A fire in the southern island district of Bhola has left several shops at a local market gutted.
Published : 17 June 2017, 09:02 AM
Updated : 17 June 2017, 09:02 AM
The incident has been reported on Saturday from the Charfassion Upazila.
Local Fire Service said that the fire started from an electronics shop at the town's Sharifpara Bridge area and spread to nearby shops soon after.
"Two firefighting units from Charfassion and Lalmohan managed to put out the flames after two hours," said Charfassion Fire Service's Abdur Rashid.
He, however, could not say what caused the fire.
Police said that the fire damaged 20 shops in the area.
"As many as 20 businesses, including grocers, electronics, salon and hardware have been completely burnt," said Charfassion police OC Enamul Haque.
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