Summary:
PATIALA: Around 250 huts of migrant labourers caught fire in Nurpur Bedi area of Ropar district on Wednesday evening. Police claimed that huts caught fire in tandem and rescue operation was initiated immediately. None of the labourers were injured as everyone came out of their huts after few of the shanties caught fire. It is being suspected that one of the huts might have caught fire from a kerosene stove.” Fire tenders were rushed to the spot after getting information from the locals and the police.The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained..