4 hurt, 7 shops gutted in major fire

POONCH, JUNE 22: At least four persons were injured and around 150 poultry birds were roasted, while property worth more than Rs one crore was gutted in a devastating fire which reduced seven shops to ashes during an overnight ablaze near Tote Wali Gali in tehsil Mendhar of district Poonch, sources said on Friday.
 Sources said that after midnight at around 2:30 AM fire broke out in the shop of Fateh Munshi due to short circuit. “About 6 gallons of kerosene oil  inside the shop  caught fire and within minutes it engulfed six more shops  ” they said.
 The nearby people, who noticed the flames, raised alarm and tried their best to douse the flames but all in vain. “When people were trying to douse flames, explosions occurred in two domestic gas cylinders   inside one of the shop, resulting into injuries to four persons” sources said, adding that all the injured were shifted to sub district hospital Surankote..

Lastupdate on : Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00:00 IST



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