A fire broke out at a house in Shimla's Rohru subdivision that spread across eight other houses, completely damaging them in the blaze, officials said on Sunday.
No casualty was reported as the residents managed to get out of the houses as soon as the fire started spreading, they said.
The fire broke out at Pradeep Ranta's house in Tikker area's Daroti village and the blaze spread to adjoining wooden houses, the officials said.
Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot from Rohru and Chidgaon to douse the flames, they said.
Arrangements for about 21 families that resided in these nine houses has been made. Affected families in the village have been provided immediate relief of ₹10,000, Deputy Commissioner, Shimla, Aditya Negi, who was on the spot told the PTI.
As soon as the fire started, people rushed out of their houses and informed the police. The police are investigating the cause of the fire. Preliminary investigations pointed out that a shot circuit led to the incident.
Property worth crores was damaged in the fire. Five adjoining houses were also partially damaged, police said.
Himachal CM directs all possible assistance
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday directed the administration in Shimla to provide assistance to victims, whose houses were gutted in a massive fire.
Posting on the social media platform, X, Mr. Sukhu said, “It is sad that many houses have been affected by the fire that broke out late at night in Tikkar/Dharoti village of Rohru assembly constituency of Shimla. Thank God that there was no loss of life in this massive fire, but there was a lot of damage to property.” “The local administration has been instructed to provide all possible assistance to the affected families,” the CM posted.
