Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 1: An Army officer died while trying to save his dog during a fire incident in Gulmarg area of Baramulla district today.
Fire broke out in an officers’ hut last night and Major Ankit Budhraja of Corps Signals, attached with SSTC Gulmarg, rescued his wife and one of his dogs.
However, while rescuing another dog, the major received burn injuries up to 90 per cent and died on the spot.
The fire was brought under control by firefighters with the assistance of local police.
The body of the Army officer has been shifted to sub-district hospital Tangmarg where after medico-legal formalities it was handed over to Army.
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