Fulbari, 16th October: A devastating fire, triggered by a gas cylinder explosion, reduced a food hotel to ashes late Tuesday night in the Chobavita area of Fulbari II Gram Panchayat.
According to reports, a woman from Shantipara, who has been running a tea and rice hotel in the area for about three years, closed her establishment around 9:30 p.m. and headed home. Around 12:30 a.m., local residents were startled by a loud explosion and rushed to the scene, where they found the hotel engulfed in flames. Witnesses confirmed the sound of the gas cylinder explosion inside the shop.
With the help of locals, the fire was brought under control, but the damage was already done. The hotel and all its contents were completely destroyed, and the explosion’s force was so powerful that it broke the iron shutters of the establishment. The owner remains uncertain about how the fire began.