Kashmir Digits

At least eight shops were gutted in a midnight fire in Zainakadal, Srinagar in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday.

Official sources told the news agency—KNO that the fire broke out at Gadyar Zainakadal at 1 am in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday.

In the incident, five shops were gutted completely while three shops suffered partial damage, they said.

Locals said the firemen arrived on time and tried to douse the flames, however, by the time they arrived, eight shops had already been engulfed in flames.

Nonetheless, no loss of life or injury was reported in the incident and the cause of the fire is being ascertained.