Srinagar, July 27 (KNS) : Five residential houses were completely damaged and two sheds suffered partial damage in a fire incident in Palpora locality of Noorbagh at central kashmir's Srinagar district late Monday late night. 

An official told Kashmir News service (KNS), that the fire broke out from one of the house in the late last evening which rapidly spread to the neighboring houses resulting in complete damage of five residential houses while two other sheds were partially damaged in the incident.

Fire tenders with the help of police and locals doused the flames and stopped fire from spreading to more houses in this large congested locality. Property worth lakh of rupees was destroyed in the mishap while the cause of fire was not known so far (KNS).