More than 75 residences of 26 families were gutted on Saturday after fire spread a hearth at Muradpur village near Jalangi on Indo-Bangla border in Murshidabad district.
Local MLA Younus Sarkar said there has been no report of any casualty but the fire caused huge loss to the families.
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BSF jawans from a nearby camp joined hands with villagers in dousing the flames. Two fire tenders were also pressed into service, police said.
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