Residential house gutted in Ganderbal

Kangan, Oct 8: A residential house was completely gutted in a fire incident in Ramwari area of tehsil Gund in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on the intervening night of October 7 and 8.

Locals said that fire broke out in the house of Abdul Rashid Hajam at Hajam Mohallah Ramwari Gund during the  intervening night of October 7 and 8 and engulfed the whole structure. Fire tenders along with locals and police soon after the incident reached the spot and tried to douse the flames, however it had  caused a massive damage to the property.

The fire was later controlled by fire tenders from spreading further. In the fire incident property worth lakhs including  cash, utensils, clothes and other household  goods were damaged. On Sunday morning, Tehsildar Gund Javid Iqbal along with a revenue team visited the area and assured relief from administration to the affected families.

Members of Civil Society Tehsil Gund , Sarpanch Gund-B urged the administration to provide immediate relief and rehabilitation for the fire affected families.