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November
21, 2000
Jamalpur,
Nov 20 (UNB)- Valuables of four shops and a hotel worth about Tk 10
lakh were gutted in a fire at a market at Station road in Islampur
upazila headquarters on Thursday.
Witnesses
said the fire originated from a candle of filling station when workers
of the station were pouring petrol from the drum and soon the fire
engulfed the jewelry-shop, fertilizer-shop, cosmetic-shop, filling
station and a hotel.
Later
the local people with the help of police brought the fire under
control. But fire fighters came to the spot from Sadar upazila after
an hour that angered the local people. But police saved them from the
wrath of the people.
Later
the fire was brought under total control after one a half-hours of
frantic efforts.
After
the incident, agitated students and local people brought out a
precession demanding a fire service station in the upazila.
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