SRINAGAR: Three shops were completely damaged and a firefighter was injured in a nocturnal fire incident in the Qazipora area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
Quoting an official, GNS reported that the fire broke out at around midnight in a shopping line in the Qazipora area. “Soon after the F&ES Department was called in, and they reached the site to put out the raging flames.”
“In the incident, 3 shops belonging to one Mohammad Yusuf Jan, son of Mohammad Sarwar Jan, were gutted, while timely action by F&ES department firefighters saved the fire from spreading further,” he said.
Moreover, a firefighter identified as Amin Rasool suffered minor injuries during the operation.
Meanwhile, the cause of fire was being ascertained as reports last came in.