Fire breaks out in Srinagar market

Five shops were gutted in a fire that erupted in a market on the outskirts of Srinagar today, police said.

Five shops were gutted in a fire that erupted in a market on the outskirts of Srinagar today, police said.

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There was, however, no casualty.

The fire broke out in a shop at Kral mohalla locality of Pandach, 15 kms from here, in the wee hours and soon spread to adjoining shops.

Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was put out after an hour, they said.

Five shops were gutted in the incident but there was no causality, police said, adding the cause of the fire was not immediately known.