The fire broke out at Hasimpur Moulvibazar in Raipura municipal area of Narsingdi at 12.50 pm on Tuesday. At that time seven shops were burnt down in the fire. However, no casualties were reported. The affected traders claim that they have lost about 3 million rupees in the fire.
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Meanwhile, a unit of Raipura Fire Service reached the spot at around 1.30 pm after receiving a call from 999. After an hour and 40 minutes, the fire brigade brought the fire under control at 3:10 pm.
Rubel Mia, a local businessman, said he was asleep at the store last night. When I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, I saw a fire burning in the fish shop next door. Moments later the fire spread to all the other shops. At that time, the imam of the mosque in the market informed the traders about the fire by miking. Later, the locals called 999 and informed the fire service. They came and put out the fire.
A total of seven shops including Piyush Pal and Hossain Mia’s grocery store, Abul Mia’s rice shop, Anukul’s fish shop, Infal Mia’s hardware shop and Rehman Mia’s bag shop were burnt down in the fire.
Piyush Pal said, “I got the news from Mike and saw that my shop was on fire.” At that time, cash along with groceries was burnt to ashes. He claimed that one lakh 20 thousand rupees was lost in the fire.
Vegetable trader Liton Mia said the fire burned cash and raw materials in cash boxes in his shop.
Heilal Uddin, in-charge of Raipura Fire Service, said that they got the call of 999A in the fire at Moulvibazar of Hasimpur and reached there at half past one in the night and brought the fire under control. The fire burned 6 shops, big and small. It has caused a loss of 6 lakh rupees. Initially, the fire was believed to have started from an electrical short circuit, he said.
