UNB, Chattogram :
A poultry farm with 1,200 chickens has been gutted in a fire at Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
The fire broke out at Kamal Hossain’s poultry farm in Ward-2 of East Kalurghat area of the upazila on Friday morning.
On information, members of the Boalkhali Fire Service rushed to the spot. But before thye could reach, the entire farm was burnt to ashes.
“My poultry farm was gutted in a fire around 4:00 am. There were 1,200 chickens in this farm. Everything was burnt to ashes. I have suffered a loss of about Tk 10 lakh,” said Kamal.
Md Saidur Rahman, acting station in-charge of Boalkhali Fire Service, said, the fire originated from an electric short circuit.
