12 houses gutted in Tungipara
Saturday, 15 November 2014
A dozen dwelling houses were gutted in a fire on Friday in Balargati village under Tungipara Upazila in Gopalganj district. Fire Service and Civil Defence Officer of Tungipara Fire Station Nurul Alam Raziv said an electric short-circuit of one Poritosh Singh's house caused the fire which soon spread to other homes around. At least 12 houses of Probash Singh, Manmath Singh, Shyamol Singh and Pradip Singh and valuable items like cash money, paddy, gold-made ornaments, electronics goods and furniture were gutted in the fire. Firefighters brought the blaze under control after 2 hours of hectic effort, according to BSS.