Poonch, December 25 : A fire broke out early this morning (Wednesday) in Gursai village of Poonch, engulfing a house and leaving it destroyed, a local resident said.
The fire began around 8 AM and spread rapidly.
No casualties have been reported.
Safeer Hussain Shah, a resident of the area, expressed his distress, saying, “Today around 8 am, the fire suddenly broke out, engulfing a house… Nothing is left in the house.”
Shah made a plea to the local authorities, requesting the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Poonch, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), and other local bodies to provide compensation for the loss of property.
He further urged the authorities to allocate a fire truck to the area, highlighting the need for better fire prevention measures to avoid such incidents in the future. (ANI)
