Fire guts building at Amar Singh College

SRINAGAR — An overnight blaze gutted a building of Administrative Block of Amar Singh College at Gogjibagh area here.

Reports reaching here said that the fire erupted at around 2:00 AM from the building of Admission section of the Administrative Block.

In the mishap, the entire documents inside the building were destroyed completely, they said.

An official said that the fire was brought under control by the sleuths of Fire and Emergency Department.

Meanwhile, two classrooms of a primary school besides laboratory items and other equipments were damaged in a mysterious fire incident last night at Gori Mohalla, Walkul in Sogam, Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

An official also confirmed the incident and said that the two classrooms of Upper Primary School Gori Mohalla Walkul were gutted along with the laboratory items and other equipments.

A police officer said that in both the fire incidents, investigations have been initiated to ascertain the cause of fire.