At least four dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Mazirghat area under Sadarghat thana in the city on Friday afternoon. Fire service sources said, the fire originated from an electric short- circuit in the house of Badsha Mia Sawdagor at Mazirghat area at around 2.40 am and quickly engulfed surrounding houses.
Four units of fire service from Agrabad and Bandar fire service stations rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at about 3.50 am, fire service sources said. Properties of the dwelling houses worth about TK four lakh were gutted in the fire, sources added.
