SWABI: Fire broke out on Thursday in three tobacco kilns in different areas, inflicting huge losses on the growers, who had already suffered losses due to hailstorm in the current season.
Three days ago, three godowns of tobacco also caught fire and cured tobacco worth millions of rupees turned into ashes.
The first incident occurred in Dok village when the kiln of Islamuddin and Bacha Gul caught fire and within no time engulfed the entire building.
Similarly, the kiln of Salamat Khan in Jalsai village also caught fire due to unknown reasons.
The Rescue 1122 teams and local people made all out efforts to extinguish the fire.
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SWABI: Three tobacco godowns were gutted here on Saturday, causing losses worth millions of rupees to the farmers.
Luqman Khan, a Rescue 1122 official, said a godown owned by Jan Wali Khan caught fire in Jaganat village, reducing to ashes the tobacco stored inside.
He said a godown in Yar Hussain village, where cured Virginia tobacco was stored, was also destroyed by fire.
Owner Mohammad Zahir Shah said the blaze had incurred huge financial losses on him.
Fire also reduced to ashes tobacco in a godown in Jalbai village owned by Khalal Khan.
The rescue officials said the number of fire incidents in tobacco godowns had reached to nine in the district during the last 15 days.
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