Dal Lake Fire Update: Three Dead After Several House Boats Gutted in Blaze at Ghat Number 9 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar
Three bodies were recovered from the houseboats gutted in a blaze in the Dal Lake here on Saturday, officials said.
Srinagar, November 11: Three bodies were recovered from the houseboats gutted in a blaze in the Dal Lake here on Saturday, officials said. The charred bodies were recovered in the early hours of Saturday near ghat number nine, the officials said. Dal Lake Fire: Several House Boats Gutted in Blaze at Ghat Number 9 in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar (See Pic and Video)
They said the deceased's identification was being ascertained. The deceased included a man and a woman, while the third victim's gender could not be ascertained so far. Jammu and Kashmir Fire: Three House Boats Gutted in Blaze at Srinagar’s Dal Lake (See Pic and Video)
The fire broke out in the tourist hub of the Dal Lake early Saturday, destroying property worth crores of rupees, officials said. The cause of the fire, which consumed five houseboats and an equal number of huts attached to them, was not immediately known.