Hearth catches Jammu and Kashmir meeting unawares

A fireplace broke out within the foyer of the Jammu and Kashmir meeting right here on Wednesday, 11 June, inflicting injury to furnishings and previous pictures, an official mentioned.

The hearth was reported at 9:34 a.m. and was managed inside a couple of minutes, the official mentioned.

An official of the fireplace and emergency companies division mentioned the reason for the fireplace was not identified instantly.

Preliminary investigation recommended {that a} brief circuit brought about the fireplace within the foyer space of the double-storey legislative meeting, which is housed within the civil secretariat complicated, he mentioned.

He mentioned the native fireplace station on the civil secretariat managed the fireplace inside a couple of minutes.

Some previous pictures and a few furnishings objects had been gutted, he mentioned.