A fire broke out overnight in a commercial cum residential building in Batrgam area of Kupwara district of North Kashmir.
Officials told GNS that a commercial-cum-residential building in Batragam caught fire on Thursday evening.
Soon a team of police and fire and emergency services reached the spot and managed to bring fire. During the rescue operation, a fireman ie Abdul Qayoom also caused a minor injury.
In the fire incident, a double-storey commercial-cum-residential building was damaged. The building had seven hardware shops and four residential rooms on the ground floor, as well as two hardware shops on the first floor.
Additionally, a single-storey structure with two rooms used as a bed construction unit was affected, as well as a one-storey shopping line three shops.
Meanwhile, the police investigation is the cause of the fire. (GNS)