Summary:
Tribune News ServiceDera Bassi March 3Seven families in Kakrali village were bereft of shelter when a major fire burnt their shanties near Barwala road today evening. Residents rushed out of their homes as soon as the panic gripped the area. Locals pulled out two gas cylinders from the fire to prevent a major accident. Residents said their savings amounting to thousands of rupees and a motorcycle was burnt to ashes in the fire. Mubarikpur police and fire brigade personnel reached the spot and brought the fire under control with the help of villagers..