Srinagar, Oct 11 : A woman died after jumping from a window of a three-storey residential house while trying to escape a fire in the Jehangir Mohalla area of Noorbagh in Srinagar on Sunday, officials said.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the woman was on the third floor of her residential house when the fire broke out. He said she jumped from the window to escape the blaze and sustained serious injuries.
She was shifted to SHMS Hospital and was later identified as Haleema Sheikh, wife of Gulzar Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Noorbagh, Srinagar.
A hospital official confirmed to KNO that the woman was admitted to the hospital but later succumbed to her injuries. Meanwhile, an investigation has been initiated, while the cause of the fire is being ascertained.—(KNO)
