Srinagar: Five houseboats were gutted in a massive fire incident in Srinagar’s Dal Lake during pre-dawn hours on Saturday.
Local sources said that a fire broke out from a houseboat at around 4:00 am, which later spread to nearby houseboats. They said that five houseboats and multiple sheds adjacent to these houseboats were completely gutted.
“The property worth over Rs 30 crore has been damaged. Three out of five structures were completely damaged,” said a local. The houseboats were located along the Ghat Number 9.
The houseboats gutted in the fire incident are Safina, New Safina and Royal Safina belonging to one Gulam Rasool Kana, Lala Rukh owned by Khazir Mohamed Shafi and Khar Palace belonging to Muhammed Sayed Khar.
Police have registered a case and started an investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Meanwhile, the Travel Agents Society of Kashmir (TASK) has appealed to LG Manoj Sinha to help the fire victims.
President Muhammad Akram Siah and Secretary General TASK Waseem Goosani said that the victims have lost everything and they hope that administration especially Manoj Sinha will financially help the fire victims.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by FPK staff and is published from a syndicated feed from KNT.)
