Amid Eid festivities across Assam, devastating fire incidents reported in different places doused properties worth lakhs on Thursday.
In the first incident, a house was completely gutted in an inferno that broke out in Doom Dooma's Philobari locality in the wee hours today, reports said.
The residence belonged to a person named Basalal Chouhan. It is suspected that the incident occurred due to a short circuit at Chouhan's residence.
Further allegations have been levelled by the locals about the late arrival of fire-fighting personnel. As per reports, the locals doused the blazing fire before the fire fighters arrived.
Reportedly, the fire destroyed properties worth over Rs 5 lakh, including cash up to Rs 80,000. The fire also killed livestock, though no human casualty has been reported.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a massive fire reportedly erupted at a building adjoining the Sahitya Sabha office in Namrup on Wednesday night.
The fire which is suspected to have erupted due to a short circuit gutted at least five business establishments, reports added.
The fire was doused after the timely intervention of the fire-fighting personnel.
