Kohima: A devastating fire that broke out in Burma Camp area of Dimapur claimed one life and gutted over a hundred houses on the Wednesday night.
According to official release issued by the Fire & Emergency Services informed that they got the information at just after the midnight, where one male aged about 25 years was burnt to death and a total of 123 katcha houses along with household property worth about Rs.50 lakh were destroyed. Four fire-fighters from Fire Station (West) also responded. It took about 3 hours to douse the flames.
Earlier, on April 28, one house was razed at Duncan Basti in a fire suspected to have erupted from the kitchen “due to drying of meat.” The release said that firefighters from Fire Station (West) were pressed into service. One bamboo structure, alongwith a Maruti Gypsy vehicle was destroyed by the fire.