, Oct. 25 -- SRINAGAR: A major fire that broke out at a three-storey residential-cum-commercial building housing Mir Sales Corporation, a blanket-selling unit in Karan Nagar area of Srinagar, was brought under control around 5:30 am on Sunday, while cooling operations continued, officials said.

The building, located opposite Medicare Hospital in Karan Nagar, caught fire late Saturday night, prompting the precautionary evacuation of patients from the nearby hospital.

Officials told KNO that 12 fire stations and around 20 fire tenders were deployed to contain the blaze.

The firefighting operation involved Bronto skylifts, foam tenders, fire cans, Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) and Advanced Rescue Teams (ARTs), they said.

Officials said...