kishtwar, Oct 28: Fifteen houses were gutted in a massive fire in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, news agency PTI reported.
As per PTI report, no one was injured in the blaze that broke out in Chag-Gandhari area of Paddar tehsil on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
Army and police personnel along with the locals launched an operation to douse the fire. By the time the blaze was extinguished, 15 residential structures were gutted and 23 families have been effected, Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav told PTI.
Relief material for the affected people is being sent, the officer said.
