The charred remains of a bike at Kakrali village on Wednesday.
Tribune News Service
Dera Bassi, March 3
Seven families in Kakrali village were bereft of shelter when a major fire burnt their shanties near Barwala road today evening.
Residents rushed out of their homes as soon as the panic gripped the area. The raging fire gave no time to residents to salvage their belongings. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
Locals pulled out two gas cylinders from the fire to prevent a major accident.
Residents said their savings amounting to thousands of rupees and a motorcycle was burnt to ashes in the fire.
Mubarikpur police and fire brigade personnel reached the spot and brought the fire under control with the help of villagers.
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