Fire caught at a depot of a poultry feed at Nitaiganj Masuya Bazaar commercial area of the city in the wee hour of Monday. All the stored poultry feeds turned to ashes.
On information, five units of fire brigade and civil defense from Mondolpara and Hajiganj fire station rushed to the spot and distinguished the devastating fire after a fanatic effort of two hours.
The owner of the poultry feed warehouse Ripon claimed that an amount of about 20 lakh taka poultry feeds gutted in the fire incident.
Assistant Director of fire brigade and civil defense, Abdullah-Al-Arefin, said that the fire originated from electrical wires inside the store. The amount of losses estimated at around Taka 15-20 lakh.
