A barrack in Central Jail here was partially damaged in a fire that broke out in its kitchen today, a police spokesman said.
"Due to leakage of gas, the fire broke out in a kitchen and soon spread to the barrack number nine this morning," the spokesman said.
However, there was no casualty and the fire was extinguished within a short time.
"We got a message around 8.40 am about the fire on the jail premises. We rushed a team and it took us half-an-hour to douse the flames," Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, in-charge fire and emergency station Rainwari, said.
The jail is located on the foothills of Hari Parbat in interior city.
Meanwhile, two houses were damaged in separate fire incidents in Baramulla district, the spokesman said.
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