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What went wrongA grocery shop owner in Raiganj, Sirajganj, in a Prothom Alo report

A 4 a.m. fire takes the shop, and the owner puts the loss at 15-20 lakh taka

A short circuit burned out a grocery shop in Raiganj, Sirajganj, with everything in it; the owner put the loss at 15-20 lakh taka.

Fire broke out at around 4 a.m. in this shopkeeper's grocery in Raiganj upazila, Sirajganj, believed to have started from an electrical short circuit. In a single night the shop and everything inside it were gone. He put the loss at 15-20 lakh taka of goods, and the report describes him as left with nothing. A grocery's whole capital sits as stock on the shelves and in the store room, so one fire wipes out years of trading at once. Whether the stock was bought on credit, and whether anything was insured, the report does not say.

Lessons

  1. 1.All of a shop's capital sits on its shelves as stock, and one night's fire can take the lot
  2. 2.Sound wiring and a fire extinguisher cost almost nothing next to 15-20 lakh taka of stock

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