Sheikh Nadeem
Three residential houses were damaged in a massive fire incident in the Bemina area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
An official told The Kashmiriyat that during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday flames emerged from a residential house situated in the Mansoor Colony of Bemina, which soon spread to the nearby houses.
“Soon after the incident fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse off the flames with the help of locals, however, one three houses were damaged during the fire incident,” he said.
He said that an eleven (11) year old boy, Asif Ahmed, was also injured during the fire incident.
The cause of the fire was being ascertained, he said.
The residential houses damaged in the fire belonged to Shabir Ahmed Sheikh, Shakeel Ahmed Takoo and Habibullah Shamsher.
In the first half of the current year, 24 persons have been killed in different fire incidents across Kashmir Valley. Five persons also sustained injuries in these incidents.
According to Fire and Emergency Services Department, 956 structures were damaged in different fire incidents from January to June this year.
These include 160 shops and 14 shopping complexes as well. 20 vehicles and 73 electric transformers were damaged in the fire incidents also during this period.