Four houses and a shop were gutted in a fire at Nayarhat Ververi area in Sadar upazila of Kurigram on Sunday morning.
A van with 5 maunds of cotton was burnt to ashes in the fire that broke at the house of Khairul Islam of Nayarhat area at 4am.
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Locals said the fire spread to some neighboring houses immediately.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
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Later, locals entered a house and rescued eight sheep from the house. But the van, 5 maunds of cotton and some clothes in the shops were burnt to ashes.
Fire service personnel from Kurigram Sadar arrived and brought the fire under control.
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Holokhana UP Chairman Rezaul Karim he sought help from the Deputy Commissioner in this regard.