Srinagar, May 18: A Carpet workshop and a double-storey house were completely gutted in a mysterious fire incident in north Kashmir's Bandipora district, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The fire broke out in the carpet workshop belonging to Mohammad Ayoub Wagay and in a two-storey house of duo, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, and Shahbaz Ahmad Khan of Potu Mohalla, in Sadunara area of the district, locals said.
Locals said carpets worth lakhs were completely destroyed and a house gutted in the mysterious fire incident. They have appealed administration to depute a team of officials to the spot to access the losses suffered by the owners and provide them early compensation. Meanwhile, the cause of mysterious fire is yet to be asserted.
Meanwhile, the traffic headquarters office was partially gutted in a pre-dawn fire at Molana Azad (MA) road in Srinagar, officials said.
The fire broke out on the last floor of the Traffic headquarters office in which first storey of the building was completely damaged.
A police official said that the cause of the fire was not immediately known, however a case is being registered and further investigation have been set into motion.
Kothibagh Police station on Srinagar’s Residency road was gutted in a fire incident in which Fire and Emergency personnel also sustained injuries during the operation, officials said.
Traffic Police headquarters in Srinagar was also gutted in a blaze in the vicinity on May 18 causing damage to the building and records.
Fire and Emergency officials said fire broke out at 0157 hours in Police Station Kothibagh at Residency road and engulfed the building within no time.
They said 12 Fire tenders were rushed from the city centre stations to douse the leaping flames which took them several hours to control the blaze, they said.
A fire service man, identified as Ansar Ahmad was also injured during the operation and has been hospitalised for treatment.
Sources said some records have been damaged in the fire. However, arms and ammunition were removed safely from the police station. The cause of the fire is being ascertained, they added. Agencies