Shops, houses gutted in Rohru

Tribune News Service Shimla, February 19 Six shops and three makeshift houses were completely gutted in a fire that broke out at Sheel Ghat near Kharapathar in Rohru subdivision of Shimla district last night. However, no casualty was reported. Fire...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:06 PM Feb 20, 2021 IST

Tribune News Service

Shimla, February 19

Six shops and three makeshift houses were completely gutted in a fire that broke out at Sheel Ghat near Kharapathar in Rohru subdivision of Shimla district last night. However, no casualty was reported.

Fire tenders were rushed from Jubbal and Rohru to douse the fire which was stopped from spreading further. The shops and houses reportedly belonged to six persons — Shiv Badan, Shiv Naresh, Mohan Singh, Ratan Chand, Narender and Joginder.

The loss to property was estimated to be in lakhs, said police sources. They said preliminary investigations pointed out short circuit as the cause of fire.

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