Around 20 rooms of 17 families of Rangadab village under Narasinghpur block were reduced to ashes in a fire mishap that occurred late on Sunday night.
Properties worth over Rs 10 lakh were destroyed in the fire that broke out at the house of one Prabhakar Roul and spread into other houses.
Being informed, Narasinghpur fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and doused the flame. However, no casualty was reported in the incident. Pradesh Congress Committee organisational secretary Sanjay Sahu demanded immediate provision of all kinds of Government assistance to the affected people.