Kashmir: Two schools damaged in mysterious fire incidents

Two schools, including a Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya (JNV), were damaged since Saturday in mysterious fire incidents in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said in Srinagar on Sunday. Fire broke out in Government Higher Secondary School building at Kabamarg in Anantnag district on Sunday afternoon, a police official said.

He said fire tenders were rushed to put out the fire as locals also assisted in the fire fighting job. In another incident on Saturday night, fire broke out in the JNV school at Aishmuqam, the official said adding the building suffered partial damage before the blaze was put out. The cause of the fire in both incidents has not been ascertained yet, he said.