NOAKHALI, Jan 12: At least 50 shops were gutted by fire at Nupur and Hawkers market of Maijdee in the district town on Saturday night.
Confirming the incident, Maijdee Fire Service and Civil Defence Deputy Assistant Director Abdul Halim Pasha said that on information, eight units from the fire station rushed to the scene and doused the blaze after three hours of frantic effort.
Meanwhile, about 50 shops including a wholesale clothe shop, bicycle shop, printing house, paper warehouse, shoe shop and hotel, were burnt to ashes in the fire.
The fire originated from a printing house adjacent to the market at around 11:45 pm and soon engulfed the adjacent business establishments, he said.
The extent of the damage of the fire is about Tk 30 crore, the affected shop owners claimed.
However, the actual cause behind the fire and the total extent of the damage will be known after the investigation, Deputy Assistant Director Abdul Halim Pasha added.
