UDHAMPUR, Dec 28: Today, a house in the Sarad area of Latti tehsil caught fire, killing seven cattle—four of which were buffaloes—charring them to death. According to reports, this evening the brothers Joginder Lal and Sudesh Kumar’s Kucha house in Sarad village, close to Latti, unexpectedly caught fire. Since there was no Fire and Emergency Service station within 50 kilometres, the villagers attempted to put out the fire by using buckets and other pots to pour water on it, but they were unable to do so.The family’s four buffaloes and three cows perished in the fire, and other household items suffered significant damage. After calling for a fire tender from Chenani, which took roughly two hours to arrive, seven cattle had already perished from burns, and the entire house, including the cattle shed, had sustained damage. Sarpanch Lati, Kasturi Lal Gupta, Sarpanch Sirah, and Bup Sarad are among the locals who have urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to approve the construction of a fire station at Latti, for which government land has been identified. They claimed that during the previous year, there were roughly 6-7 fire incidents in the area, resulting in lakhs of damage to property in the Latti/Dudu Sub Division.
