Devastating Fire Damages Residential House,Property worth lakhs in Lolab

Azad Hussain

SRINAGAR, (PTK): A residential house was Completely gutted in fire in Doniwari area of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Tuesday afternoon. 

Fire broke out in the residential house of Ghulam mohammad Khan son of Mohammad Majloon Khan, resident of Doniwari Lolab in the jurisdiction of police station Sogam, resulting in Complete damage to the house.
According to the senior Police officer, as soon as fire broke out, local youths got together which were immediately joined by fire fighters brought fire under control and prevented from spreading to nearby residential house but as the fire was devastating which resulted its complete damage.

“Cause of the fire is being ascertained but preliminary reports said that it was due gas expolision” he said

According to  Locals of the village said that all the items inside the house including valuable records, clothing and food grains belonging to poor man were gutted in the maasive fire.

Meanwhile Tehsildar Lalpora Ab Rasheed while speaking with this reporter said that they had wrote a detailed report of the fire to district administration kupwara for immediate relief to the affected family.(PTK)