A pile of rice was burnt by fire in Thoyakana village of Hatiot panchayat under the Polsara block of Ganjam district. The fire destroyed the paddy pile, which covered 13 acres of land.
The farmers harvested the grain from the fields and put it on their threshing floor. Yesterday, some miscreants set fire to the rice paddies. At night, the villagers saw the paddy piles burning and informed the fire brigade. Firefighters arrived and doused the fire. When the fire brigade arrived and extinguished the fire, it was destroyed.