Boy Dies After Makeshift Shed Catches Fire In Jammu And Kashmir: Police

Khalid got trapped inside the "Kulla (temporary shed mostly made of wood)" in Chak Manga Gujra village on Sunday after it was engulfed in flames, the officials said.

A 12-year-old boy was charred to death in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district when a temporary wooden shed he lived in caught fire apparently due to an electrical short circuit, officials said. Khalid got trapped inside the "Kulla (temporary shed mostly made of wood)" in Chak Manga Gujra village on Sunday after it was engulfed in flames, the officials said. Locals attempted to rescue the boy but could not save him, the officials said.