Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 30: Four residential houses were gutted in a major fire incident this evening at Waniyar locality of Sekidaffar here in downtown city.
A top official of the Fire and Emergency Services said the fire broke out at around 6:30 this evening. He said fire emerged from a house and as a result of gas cylinder blasts engulfed three other houses.
The official said the houses were several decades old and quickly caught the fire. “It was a cluster of old houses but now the situation is under control,” he added. No one was reported injured or dead in the fire incident.