Highlights
- No one was reported injured in the fire, officials said
- The blaze was reported in Chag-Gandhari area of Paddar tehsil in Kishtwar
- The fire erupted on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday
Jammu and Kashmir: As many as 15 houses were gutted in a massive fire in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, the blaze erupted on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
No one was reported injured in the massive fire that broke out in the Chag-Gandhari area of Paddar tehsil, officials said.
Army and police personnel along with the locals launched an operation to douse the fire.
By the time the blaze was extinguished, 15 residential structures were gutted and 23 families have been affected, Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav said.
Relief material for the affected people was being sent, the officer said.
On Thursday, an air-conditioned bus of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking caught fire in the northern suburb of Kandivali in Mumbai, but no passenger was hurt in the incident, a civic official said.
The incident took place at around 6 pm at Lokhandwala Complex circle, when the bus was going towards Kranti Nagar from Kandivali (East) station, he said.
The mid-sized bus was of the Daga group and was on wet lease with the BEST civic undertaking on route no 'A288', said the official.
Under the wet lease, a bus is owned by a private contractor.
As the bus arrived near Alika Nagar Junction, the driver observed sparks emanating from the battery and immediately stopped the vehicle and alerted the passengers to disembark, said a BEST spokesperson.
The bus driver used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames, he said.
There was no casualty in the incident, said the spokesperson, adding Daga group officials later visited the accident site.
“Nobody was hurt in the fire, which was extinguished at around 6.30 pm,” he said.
It was not immediately known how many passengers were on board the bus at the time of the incident, another official said.
The BEST undertaking provides transport services within Mumbai and also in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayandar areas.
(With inputs from PTI)
