Shawdesh desk:

At least 18 houses and two cattle were burnt to ash in another devastating fire in Ichhanagar village under Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram early today.

The incident was reported hours after a massive fire at S Alam Sugar Refined Mill in the same upazila on Monday afternoon.

Karnaphuli Fire Service senior station officer Shoaib Hossain Munsi said that the fire erupted from a mosquito coil in the cattle shed owned by Md Ismail in Ichhanagar village of the upazila at about 3:30am, engulfing nearby houses.

Before reaching fire fighters to the spot, at least 18 houses were burnt along with two cattle, he said.

The fire caused damages of around Tk 35 lakh, the fire service officer said, adding that the victims were needy.

The devastating fire that broke out in the sugar mill in Karnaphuli upazila around 4:00pm on Monday was brought under control around 10:30pm.

On February 29, a massive fire that broke out in a commercial building on Dhaka’s Bailey Road left at least 46 people dead and dozens of people burnt.