A fire that started on early Wednesday at Nawabganj in Dhaka killed eight cows and completely destroyed three homes.
Owner of the houses Minati Talukder, claims that the fire cost them about Tk 17 lakh.
Around 2 am on Wednesday, a fire started in a house in Dakshin Kiranchi village, Yanrail union, under Nawabganj Police Station, and quickly spread to three further homes and a barn.
Three cows were saved from the cowshed by locals who raced to the scene. A fire killed eight further cows by burning them to death.
After her husband passed away, Minati moved into the home with her 14-year-old son.
“I have visited the spot, it looks like an accident,” said Sirajul Islam Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Nawabganj Police Station.
Nawabganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Matiur Rahman said that financial assistance will be provided to the affected families from the upazila parishad.
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