Baramulla, Feb 21, KNT: A 35-year-old disabled man lost his life due to suffocation after a devastating fire broke out in a double-story residential house in Binnar Janbazpora village of North Kashmir’s Baramulla, during the pre-dawn hours of Friday.

Local sources told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that the victim, identified as

Zubair Siraj, son of Muhammad Siraj, was unable to escape the thick smoke before firefighters arrived at the scene.

The firefighters managed to extinguish the flames and later recovered his body from the charred remains of the house.

Police have taken cognizance of the incident and registered a case in this regard. [KNT]

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