At least 15 houses were gutted in a major fire that broke out at a residential home in the Ibrahima Madrasa Road area of Khulna on Tuesday night. The blaze began in a house belonging to a person, named Khaleque, near Labanchara Switchgate around 9pm and soon engulfed the adjoining houses, said Nazrul Islam, senior station officer of Khulna Tutpara Fire Service and Civil Defense. Read: 3 killed in Brahmanbaria road accident On information, several fire tenders were pressed into service and it took them nearly an hour to douse the flames, he added. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. The actual amount of losses couldn’t be known immediately. "A probe has been ordered," Nazrul said.

Twenty-four shops were damaged in a fire which broke out at Natun Stand in Khulna's Batiaghata upazila early Wednesday.

An elderly woman was burned to death in a fire that broke out at a shanty in Shwashan Ghat area under Harintana thana of the city around Sunday midnight.

At least 33 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out early Tuesday at Ferry ghat intersection in the city.