Pulwama: 10-year-old student dies, six hurt in fire incident

SRINAGAR: A 10-year-old student died and six others sustained injuries in a fire incident at Tral in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out in Hamdan Daarul Uloom at Tral in which one boy -- Yasir Ahmad Gaggi -- died due to asphyxiation while six others were injured, they said.

The officials said the injured persons have been referred to a hospital here for treatment of their burn injuries, adding the blaze was doused by fire and emergency services personnel. The cause of the fire is being ascertained, they said.