A fire destroyed over 90 shops, houses, vehicles and a food depot in a commercial area in the Leepa valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday (Today).
Leepa valley is located in the east of Muzaffarabad, the capital city of AJK.
The fire, reportedly caused by short-circuited electrical wiring in a shop, destroyed millions of rupees’ worth of merchandise, locals said.
The blaze started sometime after 11 pm Sunday night and rapidly engulfed the entire market, according to Jhelum Valley’s deputy commissioner, Abdul Hameed Kiani.
