3 houses damaged in massive fire in Budgam village

Budgam : Three residential houses were damaged in a fire incident in Charar-i-Sharief area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday afternoon.

An official told that fire broke out from one of the houses in Kanidajan and quickly spread to nearby houses, resulting in damage of three residential houses.

He said soon after the incident, fire tenders reached to the spot to douse off the flames and after hectic efforts fire was brought under control.

“Property worth lakhs was destroyed in the mishap while the cause of fire is said to be electric short-circuit,” he said—(KNO)