House gutted: Farmer’s family survives fire

ABBOTTABAD: A house was reduced to ashes in a remote village of Bakot Circle, police said on Tuesday, the inmates remained unhurt. According to police, Khushal, a farmer from village Kalu Ahl, was having meal with his family when the fire erupted in one of his three rooms. The built with wood and mud was soon in flames, police said quoting Khushal. The farmer and his family rushed out and saw their life earnings turn to ashes. The flames were so severe that they could not take out their belongings and only save their lives, police said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 12^th, 2016.