At least three persons were injured and several houses and properties worth lakhs of rupees were reduced into ashes when fire broke out at different places in Kendrapada district during Diwali celebration on Wednesday.
According to Kendrapada Assistant Fire officer (AFO) Birabhadra Tudu, three thatched rooms were gutted and property worth over a lakh of rupees were destroyed when the houses caught fire through bursting of a cracker and later engulfed to other houses at Badagara village under Pattamundai leaving three persons injured.
In other incidents, three thatched rooms, each, at Harinababi and villages were gutted as fire cracker’s flame fell on the houses. Similarly, another two thatched rooms at Kakudipali villages were reduced to ashes in the same way. Properties worth over a lakh of rupees were destroyed in the mishaps.
Similar incidents were also witnessed at Karandiapatana and Imamabadi areas in the district, said Tudu.