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Fire in Durga Temple

On Thursday, during the aarti before the immersion of the urn, an idol of the goddess suddenly started burning at the Tatrapur Dampur Durga temple of Mohyodadinagar in Samastipur district. After the incident, an atmosphere of chaos prevailed in the temple area. Before people could understand anything, the statue was burnt to ashes. However, no injuries were reported in this accident. Later the local people somehow controlled the fire.

People gathered before the fire

A large crowd of people gathered