Youth charred to death in fire incident at Baramulla

DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
SRINAGAR, Jan 22
A 26-year-old youth was charred to death while two residential houses gutted in a fire incident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Monday.
A fire and emergency services official said that a fire broke out in a residential house at around 2.30 am and engulfed another house at Khamberyar Pattan, causing extensive damage to the property.
He said that while clearing the debris, a charred body was recovered, which has been identified as 26-year-old Adil Ahmed Dar, son of Muhammad Ramzan Dar.
Meanwhile, the police have registered a case in this regard and started further investigations.
The cause of the fire is believed to be an electric short circuit.