Srinagar Houses Gutted

Five days after her house at Srinagar's Dalgate was gutted in a devastating fire, Afroza Banoo and her family of five have been forced take shelter in a plastic tent in a nearby graveyard. Afroza and her family is not alone. Nearly 100 families whose houses were burnt in that blaze are also living in these tents in the biting cold.

At least eight houses were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a congested locality in the city this afternoon, officials said.

A fire broke out at the more than century old shrine of Dastgeer Sahib in the Khanyar area of Srinagar. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to bring the blaze under control at the shrine that is mostly made up of wood. However ancient relics of the saint, housed in the Shrine have been saved and retrieved. Officials say since they were kept i...

A major fire broke out in the densely populated Habba Kadal area here in which several houses were gutted, police said.No causality is, however, reported so far, they said. The fire broke out from a house in Habba Kadal and soon engulfed the nearby houses, officials said.So far, three houses have been gutted in the fire and the blaze is spreading t...

Five days after her house at Srinagar's Dalgate was gutted in a devastating fire, Afroza Banoo and her family of five have been forced take shelter in a plastic tent in a nearby graveyard. Afroza and her family is not alone. Nearly 100 families whose houses were burnt in that blaze are also living in these tents in the biting cold.

At least eight houses were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a congested locality in the city this afternoon, officials said.

A fire broke out at the more than century old shrine of Dastgeer Sahib in the Khanyar area of Srinagar. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to bring the blaze under control at the shrine that is mostly made up of wood. However ancient relics of the saint, housed in the Shrine have been saved and retrieved. Officials say since they were kept i...

A major fire broke out in the densely populated Habba Kadal area here in which several houses were gutted, police said.No causality is, however, reported so far, they said. The fire broke out from a house in Habba Kadal and soon engulfed the nearby houses, officials said.So far, three houses have been gutted in the fire and the blaze is spreading t...