Several houseboats gutted in massive fire in Kashmir
Several houseboats were gutted in a massive fire in Dal Lake on Saturday morning, officials said.
They told a local news agency that the fire erupted in one of the houseboats near Ghat number 9 and engulfed several others in its vicinity before the fire was brought under control.
The loss to the property is said to be in several crores of rupees. As per the initial report atleast half a dozen houseboat have been damaged due to fire.
The cause of the fire is being ascertained, they added.