Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 17: At least 22 shops were gutted in a midnight blaze at Lawoosa area in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Locals said that the fire broke out at around 11:00 pm and engulfed the whole shopping complex, damaging at least 22 shops belonging to civilians including the non-locals at Lawoosa in Nowgam.
One of the shop owners said that the fire broke out at around 11:00 pm, adding that nobody among them was allowed to enter the premises.
“Whatever the stock accumulation was done in recent days has turned into ashes and nothing belonging to the owners could be saved,” he said.
He said that ATM, Post Office and engineering store belonging to the Army brigade also gutted in the fire incident.
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