8 houses gutted, 4 families rendered homeless in Rayagada village fire

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Rayagada: At least eight rooms were gutted and four families rendered homeless in a massive fire which broke out in Naida Haripur under Gunupur area in Rayagada district last night.

As per the report, the blaze erupted in one local’s house late in the night while everybody was asleep in his family and spread to the neighbourhood rapidly.

Till the villagers knew about the incident and woke up to launch firefighting efforts, at least eight houses had caught fire. The flames were brought under control only after fire brigade teams were called up but till then assets worth lakhs were gutted.

While no casualty was reported in the mishap, furniture, electronic goods, paddy crops along with some important documents were lost.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained by the local police.    

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