At least three residential houses were gutted in a devastating fire incident in old Srinagar this evening, officials said.
A fireman Mushtaq Ahmad Ganai was injured during the firefighting operation, they said. His condition is stated to be stable.
The fire broke out near the Firdous Cinema at Hawal in a residential house at around 7 pm and engulfed other nearby houses causing extensive damage to the attic and the first floors.
“It took firefighters several hours to control the leaping flames”, they said.
The cause of the fire is being ascertained, they added.
