Arunachal: Several houses gutted in major fire in Dirang market, property worth lakhs destroyed

A massive fire broke out in Dirang Market  at around 2 am and engulfed many houses and shops. As per reports the incident happened early in the Morning.
 
This is the second time where such incident took place within the market area. A similar incident of fire was witnessed few years back too.

More than 50 houses attached with shop were gutted in a massive fire mishap in Bazarline of Dirang township in 2018.
 
Nine houses were reduced to ashes while two others were partially damaged in a massive fire that broke out in the market here in West Kameng district in the wee hours.

Twenty families have been financially affected by the incident.

According to official report, the fire broke out at around 2 am. Two fire tenders from Bomdila and one from Dirang, along with water tankers of the Dirang-based ITBP were deployed to douse the flames, which were brought under control by 6:30 am on February 1, morning

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