Jute godowns gutted in B’baria

UNB, Brahmanbaria :
Two jute godowns were gutted in a devastating fire at Kuti Bazar in Kasba upazila on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said the fire broke out in a jute godown owned by Sujit Kumar Roy at about 1:30 pm and soon spread to the adjoining godown of Hafiz Jute Mills.
On information, four fire fighting units from Kasba, Akhaura, sadar upazila and Muradnagar of Comilla rushed in and doused the flame after two hours of frantic efforts.
Affected godown owners claimed that about 20,000 maunds of jute worth Tk 3 crore were gutted in the fire.
Law Minister Advocate Anisul Haque, who was at Kasba for attending a meeting, visited the spot.