A poultry farm with 1,200 chickens has been gutted in a fire in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong.
The fire broke out at Kamal Hossain's poultry farm in ward No 2 of the East Kalurghat area on Friday morning.
On receiving the information, members of the Boalkhali fire service rushed to the spot. But the entire farm was already burnt to ashes.
“My poultry farm was gutted in a fire around 4am. There were 1,200 chickens here. Everything was burnt to ashes. I have suffered a loss of about Tk10 lakh,” said Kamal.
Md Saidur Rahman, acting station in charge of the fire service unit, said the fire originated from a short circuit.
