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POST TIME: 20 August, 2016 00:00 00 AM
Jute warehouse gutted
UNB

Jute warehouse gutted

RAJSHAHI: A fire broke out at a jute warehouse at Nauhata in Airport area of Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the jute warehouse, owned by Fazal Hossain, around 9am and spread soon. Huge jute, pesticides and maize kept inside the warehouse were gutted in the fire, said Fazal. On information, two firefighting units rushed in and extinguished the flame. The affected owner estimated the loss caused by the fire at Tk2 lakh.