Uttarakhand tourist dies in fire incident in Pahalgam
Srinagar: An elderly tourist from Uttarakhand died while four others were injured after a fire broke out at a hotel in Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, officials said.
She has been identified as Bhupinder Gill (75), a resident of Dehradun, they said.
Four employees of the hotel received injuries while dousing off the flames
An official said that fire damaged a hotel in Pahalgam area Monday, during which an elderly tourist staying with her family there went missing while four employees of the hotel received injuries while dousing off fire.
He said soon after flames were doused off the body of Bhupinder Gill (75) of Dehradun was found inside the hotel while further proceedings in this regard have been taken up.
Injured employees of the hotel were identified as Mehraan Parry (25) resident of Seer Anantnag, Yasir Ahmad (24) resident of Katsoo Bijbehara, Naveed Ahmad Lone (20) resident of Pahalgam and Tariq Ahmad Bhat (27) resident of Laripora Pahalgam.
Official said that three employees have been already discharged from the hospital while other one is undergoing treatment.
They said that cause of fire is being ascertained while further investigation have been taken up.
