There are 150 huts in Kubaliyapara.The slum dwellers of Kubaliyapara mainly consist of members from Devipujak and Marwadi communities. Though no casualty was reported, the fire gutted 40 to 50 huts completely, charring furniture, kitchenware and even goats.“The cause of the fire is yet to be probed. Rajkot: A major fire broke out in the slum area of Kubaliyapara in Rajkot on Wednesday evening. Most of them trade in utensils and vegetables. All inhabitants of the slum quarters were evacuated to safety,” said a senior officer from Rajkot Fire Brigade.While the fire did not spread to the first and second rows of the huts, it gutted the third and fourth ones.
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