At least 215 houses were razed to the ground, and around 500 families rendered homeless, in a devastating fire that engulfed three localities – Dr KK Angami Colony, SP Colony and K Kire Colony – on Sunday evening here in Dimapur. Firefighters were still at the spot, dousing the embers, till the filing of this report late Sunday night. According to official sources, eight fire trucks from the city fire brigade, along with an unaccounted number of fire trucks from the military and the airport authorities, were pressed into action. Another source from the city fire brigade said that they had received report of the incident at 5.11 pm on Sunday. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he added. Till the filing of this report, there were no human casualties though officials did not rule out some “minor injuries.”
