A total of 40 shops including pharmacies and grocery shops gutted in a fire at Ehsan Mistri Hat area under Bondor thana in the port city on Wednesday morning.
According to sources, the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop at around 7. 25 am this morning. Soon after origination, the fire engulfed the adjoining shop at the area at around 7.40 am.
The shops of Ehsan Mistri Hat area which gutted in the fire included 15 grocery shops, three restaurants and four medicine shops.
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