A massive fire in Saloni village of Baloda Bazar district burnt about 60 houses in the district on Thursday afternoon.
luckily, no loss of human life was reported but the fire caused heavy damage to the property.
Meanwhile, Speaker of Chhattisgarh legislative Assembly Gaurishankar Agrawal has directed district Collector and the administration to undertake all possible measures for extending relief to the disaster-hit families.
The Saloni village which is about 15-km away from Palari block was engulfed by raging fire during the hot afternoon hours.
According to the eyewitnesses, more than ten fire tenders and other machinery had to be deployed for extinguishing the fire.
As per the residents of the village, the fire had started from a farm house of a family living in ward 12.
The fire soon spread to different houses closely constructed in the village and about 60 houses were gutted before fire tenders could put it out.
After the massive fire broke out district administration officials reached the spot and began rescue work. Villagers were pulled out of their houses but they could not save their property. The fire was controlled by the time reports last came in.