Kupwara: At least eight shops were damaged in a massive fire on the intervening Saturday-Sunday night at Shatpora area in Haihama, North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
As per reports, a fire broke out at a shop at a shopping compartment, around 3 AM, and soon spread to several other shops.
A rescue operation was launched by locals which was subsequently joined by Fire and Emergency department to contain the flames. however, at least seven shops, four of which were of bakery and three empty were damaged.
A Fire & Emergency Department official said that soon after receiving information, they moved two fire tenders to the site to douse off the flames.
"There was no injury caused to any person in the incident", the official said adding the cause of fire was being ascertained.
(GNS
