Ambulance catches fire in Kashmir hospital

Srinagar, Apr 9 (UNI) An ambulance and two houses suffered damage in different fire incidents in the Kashmir valley, police said today.

They said an ambulance was completely damaged when it caught fire in the compound of G B Pant Hospital, Sonawar here.

The cause of the fire was being ascertained. Police have registered a case in this regard.

Fire broke out in a two-storied house of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar at Panzgam in Kralpora area of Kupwara district. The house and a cowshed were damaged in the blaze, but no loss of life was reported.

Due to bursting of a gas cylinder, fire broke out in the house of Ghulam Hassan Bhat near Zanipora in Pulwama district.

No loss of life has been reported in the fire, the cause of which was being ascertained.

UNI