Around a dozen houses were gutted in a massive fire in far off Tatri Kilshey village of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district last night, officials said on Wednesday.
Quoting an official, news agency reported that soon after receiving information about the fire incident, two fire tenders—one from Tulail and other from Gurez station—besides police personnel were rushed to the spot to douse off the flames.
However, given the far off location of the village, 10-12 structures mostly residential houses were gutted in the fire by the time the firemen and police personnel reached there, the official said.
The village is about 25 kilometers from Tulail station with the road connectivity only upto 20 kilometers and rest 5 km distance is to be tracked by foot, he said.
He said there was no report of injury or loss to human life.
SDM Gurez, Mudasir Ahmad said the tentative information suggested that 10 houses were gutted in Tatri Kilshay fire incident.
Reports said that property worth lakhs of rupees has been completely damaged in the fire. ( GNS )
