J&K: Fire breaks out at a hotel in Srinagar

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 21 (ANI): A fire broke out in the attic portion of a hotel near Abdullah Bridge in Srinagar.

The fire has been controlled and no life was lost in the incident, an official said.

“The control room received information at 1:40 that a fire incident had occurred here. We have three nearby stations, we pressed all three into service. When we reached here, we saw that there is a five-story structure named Hotel Lucky Akbar, the attic portion here was involved in the fire. Instantly, we launched a firefighting operation and our firefighters contained the fire. Fortunately, no life was lost in the incident,” Assistant Director Fire Services Aqib Hussain Mir told ANI.

Further details are awaited.