Fire incidents have reached an alarming rate in Sylhet this month.Over 20 fire incidents had already been recorded in the current month.
The fire service officials opined that hike in temperature, lack of caution in houses and factories, faulty electric supply lines and use of defective gas cylinders were responsible for this rise in fire incidents.Sylhet Divisional office, public residence and a furniture shop were gutted in separate incidents in the Sylhet city’s Alompur and Dakshin Surma industrial areas yesterday. The incidents burned down assets worth Tk25 lakh.Assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence Sylhet, said fire originating from an electric short-circuit had engulfed a Sylhet Divisional office in Alompur area under Dakshin Surma police station. Another fire broke out at Raykhail in Dakshin Surma area. Fire service officials estimated the loss to be worth Tk15 lakh.’Because of the current temperature hike, all substances remain dry and fire engulfs them very quickly.’ He further said overheated machineries also caused fire some time because of frequent fluctuation in electric voltage, adding that the rate could be reduced if the people could be made more aware of such incidents, he said.
