{"id":8921,"date":"2026-01-06T17:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=8921"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:58:58","slug":"blaze-guts-commercial-units-in-barzulla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/blaze-guts-commercial-units-in-barzulla\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze guts commercial units in Barzulla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar, Jan 06:\u00a0<\/strong>A massive fire broke out in a commercial unit at Bulbul Bagh, Tengpora area near Old Barzulla here on Tuesday evening, gutting several adjoining sheds and sending thick plumes of toxic smoke billowing into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said the fire erupted around 5:07 pm, quickly spreading from one unit to another that housed carpet, foam, hardware and paint thinner stores, where materials that fuel the blaze and made firefighting operations extremely hazardous.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that multiple fire tenders from different stations were pressed into service. The operation lasted for more than five hours, and is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarge quantities of highly flammable materials like foam and thinner made the blaze extremely difficult to control. The operation was prolonged, but the fire is now largely under control,\u201d said Dr Mir Aqib Hussain, Assistant Director, Fire &amp; Emergency Services Srinagar, while speaking to media, as at the site.<\/p>\n<p>He said that several fire service personnel sustained injuries during the operation, and one suffered suffocation due to toxic fumes.<\/p>\n<p>However, sources told KNO that among the injured are two persons identified as Fayaz Ahmad and Mohammad Imran, both firemen. They were shifted to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, thick black smoke rising from the site was visible from several parts of Srinagar, triggering panic among residents and traders in the area. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and the extent of damage is being assessed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SELF-STYLED REPORTERS CREATE CHAOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But amid the chaos and courage of firemen, another troubling scene played out, one that once again put \u2018media ethics\u2019 under the spotlight in Kashmir valley and especially Srinagar city.<\/p>\n<p>Several self-styled \u201creporters\u201d with mics and mobile cameras were seen crowding the site, obstructing firefighters and even entering restricted zones to \u201cgo live\u201d on social media. Among them, a local garment shop owner who runs a social media page was seen posing as a reporter with a microphone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we really here for this?\u201d a journalist at the scene remarked. \u201cMore mics, fewer firemen that\u2019s what it looked like today. Media ethics have truly gone for a toss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The firefighting operation was still underway when last reports came in<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Jan 06:\u00a0A massive fire broke out in a commercial unit at Bulbul Bagh, Tengpora area near Old Barzulla here on Tuesday evening, gutting several adjoining sheds and sending thick plumes of toxic smoke billowing into the sky. Eyewitnesses said the fire erupted around 5:07 pm, quickly spreading from one unit to another that housed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8923,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions\/8923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}