Fire guts Gulu Town

Residents of Gulu Town awoke to a rude shock when fire gutted a number of building in the Gulu town centre on saturday morning. The fire is said to have been caused by an electric short circuit in one of the buildings, writes Okello Anthony. Properties worth millions of shillings was destroyed in the incident. The residents of Gulu town also blamed the slow response of the fire brigade who took alot of time to arrive at the scene. Nevertheless they blocked the fire from spreading to other buildings.