Poultry farm burnt to ashes with 1,200 chickens in Ctg

Staff Reporter:

A poultry farm with 1,200 chickens has been gutted in a fire at Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram.

The fire broke out early Friday at Kamal Hossain’s poultry farm in Ward-2 of the East Kalurghat area.

On information, members of the Boalkhali Fire Service rushed to the spot. But before they could reach there, the entire farm was burnt to ashes.

“My poultry farm was gutted in a fire around 4am. There were 1,200 chickens and everything was burnt to ashes. I have suffered a loss of about Tk10 lakh,” said Kamal.

Md Saidur Rahman, acting station in-charge of Boalkhali Fire Service, said the fire originated from a short circuit.