Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Dec 7: Property worth lakhs was destroyed and one person was killed as three houses were gutted at Sankha, Moori and Nalla villages of Mandi block.
Official sources said that due to forest fire spread for the last two days in the higher reaches of Loran Mandi, three houses were gutted at Sankha, Nalla and Moori villages. One Munir Hussain, son of Sain Aklam was also killed in the devastating fire due to suffocation inside.
Today SSP J S Johar, DySP Headquarters Mohan Lal and some senior officers from the District Administration visited the site and talked to the locals. The officers assessed the damaged. A double storey building has also been damaged in this incident. The Administration provided immediate assistance to these hapless families.
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