Srinagar, Dec 24: A residential house was gutted in an early morning fire incident at Kalashpora in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said.
Fire and Emergency Services personnel rushed to the spot immediately after the blaze was reported. Additional fire tenders were pressed into service due to congestion in the area, officials added.
They said a triple-storey residential cum commercial building was involved in the incident. However, timely and coordinated action by firefighters confined the fire to the same structure, preventing it from spreading to adjacent buildings.
No casualties were reported in the incident. The firefighting operation was supervised by senior officials of the Fire and Emergency Services Department.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, and an investigation has been initiated, officials said.