Three houses were gutted in a fire incident at Solina locality in Srinagar district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, an official said three double-storey houses were gutted in the fire incident. The fire started from one of the houses and soon spread to adjacent houses, he said, adding the cause of the fire is not known yet and is being investigated.
The fire victims said that they lost all their belongings. “My wife is suffering from an ailment and was hospitalised. I was in hospital when I heard about the incident. My brother’s house is adjacent to my house which was also gutted. My daughters and a niece are to be married next year and we bought gold and clothes for them. All our valuables were gutted in the fire incident,” said Muhammad Ayoub Dar, a fire victim.—KMS