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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