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Over 100 huts gutted in ICF area

CHENNAI, July 23: About 200 huts were gutted in a fire at Gandhi Nagar in ICF area, here today. No one was injured but it took the fire s...

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CHENNAI, July 23: About 200 huts were gutted in a fire at Gandhi Nagar in ICF area, here today. No one was injured but it took the fire service personnel ten fire-tenders and two hours to fight the flames.

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