Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR
In a tragic fire incident caused due to landing of fire crackers on the roof top of a house in village Panditgam of Kishtwar district, the residential house suffered massive damages, but timely action of fire services department averted the major tragedy.
As per the details available with Kashmir Life, the fire broke out in the house of Babu Ram in Panditgam at around 8:10 PM after a fire cracker landed on the roof top of the said house following which the house caught fire.
As soon as the fire department got the information about the incident, they rushed to the spot and started rescue operation.
The house which is situated deep inside the densely populated area started spreading as the cattle fodder kept on the roof of the house started burning thus threatenening the nearby houses, but the time action of fire dousing brigade saved the area from destruction.
The local people also joined the police officials in rescue operation during which Dy SP HQ Kishtwar Touseef Rishu received injuries in his hand while battling the fire.
Meanwhile, two other minor incidents of fire were also reported in the district when last reports came in.
Among the two fire incidents, first one was reported from Forest office complex Kishtwar where firewood kept for distribution among the public caught fire and other incident was reported from Sangrabata village where heaps of fodder kept on the tree trunks caught fire, but the timely action of police and fire tenders, the major fire tragedy was averted.
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