SRINAGAR: A woman died after jumping from a third-floor window of her house while attempting to escape a fire in Jehangir Mohalla, Noorbagh, in Srinagar on Sunday, officials said.
The woman, identified as Haleema Sheikh, wife of Gulzar Ahmad Sheikh and a resident of Noorbagh, was on the third floor of the three-storey residential house when the fire broke out.
She sustained serious injuries after jumping from the window and was taken to SMHS Hospital, where she later succumbed, a Fire and Emergency Services official said.
An investigation has been initiated, and the cause of the fire is being ascertained.
