<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>At least 16 business establishments, mostly wooden furniture shops, were gutted in a devastating fire in Manikganj’s Shibaloy upazila early today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Md Nadir Hossain, warehouse inspector of Shibaloy upazila Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the blaze broke out at one of the furniture shops in Aricha Bandar area around 4 am, and soon spread to other furniture shops, one sawmill and one house.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On information, two firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought it under control around three hours after the fire, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The fire service officer assumed that the fire originated from an electronic short-circuit, causing damages of around Tk 50 lakh. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>