Three houses and seven shops were gutted in a devastating fire in Kishtwar’s Dadpeth area, police said Saturday.
The fire broke out in one of the structures in the marketarea of Dadpeth village at about 1:30 am and soon engulfed the nearbybuildings, they said.
“At about 2 am, fire and emergency services reached the spotand launched a fire fighting operation. After several hours, the flames weredoused,” eye witnesses said, adding that water was lifted from Chenab river forat least two hours continuously to douse the blaze.
There was no loss of life or injury in the mishap.
Meanwhile, the district developmental commissioner, AngrezSingh Rana, also visited the affected spot and handed over an immediate reliefof Rs 5,000, blankets, kitchen kit, bucket and solar lights to each of theaffected families, out of Red Cross fund.
The deputy commissioner directed officials concerned toensure proper and timely compensation to the fire victims.
He directed Tehsildar Chatroo to submit a detailed reportearliest so that compensation could be provided to them, an official spokesmansaid.
Rana instructed the people to dump their dry fodder or hayaway from their houses to avoid fire incidents in future.