SILCHAR, April 28 � Three houses were completely gutted in a major fire following a gas cylinder blast in one of these dwellings at Shyamananda Ashram Road adjacent to Radhamadhav Akhra here on Sunday.
While nobody was killed or injured in the incident, families of Jatin Paul, Dilip Paul and Ratan Paul lost almost everything in the fire. Four fire brigade engines and firefighters rushed to the spot to bring the fire under control.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and sitting MP Kabindra Purkayastha, local ward commissioner Bhaigya Rani Paul, and interim chairman of the Silchar Municipal Board, Bijendra Prasad Singh rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. Kabindra Purkayastha assured of administrative assistance to the fire victims.
The interim chairman said that the victims will get assistance from the SMB relief fund and when the local MLA returns there would be further assistance from her end as well.