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Fire destroys Drugs store
A fire broke out at a warehouse of Central Medicine Store in Pathalaiya on Sunday morning, destroying properties worth around Rs 50 million.bookmark
Published at : March 21, 2016
Updated at : March 21, 2016 08:19
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A fire broke out at a warehouse of Central Medicine Store in Pathalaiya on Sunday morning, destroying properties worth around Rs 50 million. The store supplies medicines and surgical equipment across the country.
Senior Public Health Officer Arun Kumar Jha said the fire destroyed the medicines, surgical equipment and other medical accessories that were stored Godown Number 7.
“Those medicines and surgical equipment were provided by Global Fund and Saarc Development Fund in grant,” said Jha.
It took security personnel and locals nearly six hours to douse the fire.
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