At least four persons were injured and five shops and properties worth about Tk 8 lakh were gutted in a fire incident at Basail Bazaar under Agoiljhara upazila in Barisal on Sunday morning.
The Agoiljhara police station officer-in-charge, Ashok Kumar Nandi, said that the fire originated from electric short circuit of electric and cosmetics shop of Sekandar Shikdar and soon engulfed the other shops in the market.
Fire service team from Gournadi fire service station rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire with the help of local people. Four people were injured during extinguishing the fire, he said.
The shop owners claimed that valuables worth
about Tk 8 lakh of five shops were burnt to ashes in the fire.
Source : New Age
