Grocery store gutted in fire in Paikgachha

A fire in Paikgachha, Khulna, caused a loss of over Tk 3 lakh to the goods of a grocery store. A terrible fire broke out in the grocery store of Zillur Rahman (32), son of Sobhan Ali Gazi, of Shyamnagar village in Kapilmuni union of the upazila at around 1 am on February 18. The affected grocery store trader Zillur Rahman said that the fire could have been caused by an electrical short circuit.

We were all asleep at that time at night when the fire suddenly spread throughout the store. When we realized it, we tried to control the fire with the help of local people. Before the fire was brought under control, all the goods in the store were burnt to ashes.

The affected trader Zillur Rahman said that there was a loss of at least Tk 3 lakh. When the fire spread through the.