Own Correspondent: 15 shops were burned down in Lohagara, South Chittagong, on Tuesday, March 5, around 5:30 a.m. This incident of fire happened at Manufkir Hat of the Barahatia Union of Upazila. However, at the beginning of the fire, seeing the flames, the people around Manufkir Hat came forward and tried to put out the fire.
On receiving the news, a team of the fire service of the upazila quickly reached the spot and managed to bring the fire under control within an hour. According to the affected shopkeepers, they have lost at least 40 lakh rupees in the fire.
The burnt shops include chicken shops, saloons, tea shops, warehouses, grocery shops, vegetable shops, generator houses, dry shops, CNG-run autorickshaw offices, and betel nut shops, among others.
The Upazila Fire Service Station officer said that the fire started in a tea shop. This fire may be due to an electrical short circuit.
The DGM of the Chittagong Pallividyut Samiti Lohagara zonal office said that he came to know that the fire started from the stove of a tea shop and not from an electrical short circuit.
A shopkeeper said that the first fire was seen in a tea shop in the morning. Within moments, the flames spread to other shops.
