JAMMU — Fire gutted at least a dozen shops in the historic Nehru Market in the heart of Jammu city on Sunday night, while a separate blaze broke out at the district police lines in Kathua district, officials said. No casualties were reported in either incident, which occurred amid widespread bursting of firecrackers on Diwali. […]
JAMMU — A fire broke out in the Bhagwah area of Doda district, gutting six shops and two stores and causing heavy losses to local shopkeepers, officials said. There were no casualties or injuries from the fire. The incident occurred late Wednesday night in the Dessa-Bhagwah belt. Fire and Emergency Services personnel, along with local […]
SRINAGAR — A woman died after she jumped from the second floor of a house which caught fire in the Noorbagh area here, officials said on Sunday. As the intensity of the flames grew, Haleema Sheikh jumped from the second floor of the residential house at Jehangir Mohalla, they said. She was rushed to a […]
JAMMU — At least eight houses and a few cowsheds were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Wednesday, officials said. No casualties were reported in the blaze. The fire broke out in a house in Mungli village of Warwan shortly after midnight […]
JAMMU — Panic gripped the district hospital in Poonch after a fire broke out in a section on Saturday, but a swift response from hospital staff and the fire and emergency services brought the blaze under control before it could spread to the wards, officials said. There were no reports of any casualties in the […]
SRINAGAR — Several houses were damaged in a massive fire incident in the Watal Kadal area of the summer capital on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze engulfed at least seven houses in the congested locality, they said. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control. Seven houses were directly […]
JAMMU — An SUV evaded a security checkpoint on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district early Friday, prompting police personnel to fire three warning shots before the occupants abandoned the vehicle and fled, officials said. Following a massive search operation, one of them was arrested, they said. The incident occurred around 4 am when […]
JAMMU — An SUV evaded a security checkpoint on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district early Friday, prompting police to open fire at it, officials said. The driver subsequently abandoned the vehicle and fled, they said. The incident took place around 3.30 am when the SUV was travelling from Srinagar towards Jammu. Police personnel […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian was injured after a major fire broke out at an industrial estate in Srinagar on Thursday, officials said. The blaze erupted at Zakura Industrial Area, involving two textile units operating from two three-storeyed structures, they said. On receiving the distress call, Fire & Emergency Services personnel launched a firefighting operation. Firefighters […]
LUCKNOW — Fifteen people were “brought dead” at a hospital here and seven injured were undergoing treatment after a massive fire gutted a three-floor commercial building housing an animation centre on Monday, according to a hospital official. Dr Anil Agrawal, Medical Superintendent, Trauma Centre, KGMU, said that “21 to 22 children were been brought in” […]