20 houses gutted in fire in Odisha village

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Kalinga News Network

Bhadrak: At least 20 houses of 8 families were gutted in a massive fire that broke out at Balipada village under Chandabali block in the district on Wednesday. However, there were no casualties.

According to sources, inhabitants of the village first saw the flames emanating from a house at around 1 PM and spread rapidly in no time.

One fire fighting unit was rushed to the spot and doused the flames. Several household items, furniture and 10 heaps of paddy were reduced to ashes in the fire.

Chandabali Police and local Tehsildar reached the village to take stock of the situation.

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