Srinagar, May 12: A 12-year-old student was killed and three others injured after a midnight fire broke out at Faizan Baba Hyder Rishi Darul Uloom near Old Mattan Adda in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

The deceased was identified as Bilal Ahmad, son of Mohammad Akbar, a resident of Wadwan.
Officials said the boy sustained critical injuries during the fire incident and later succumbed at Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag.
The fire broke out during the night when around 40 students were present inside the Darul Uloom building.
Officials said the top floor of the seminary, where students were staying, was completely gutted in the blaze. Bags, clothes, bedding material, boxes and other belongings of students were reduced to ashes.
The fire caused extensive damage to the wooden flooring of the building where the fatal incident occurred.
Three injured students were shifted to hospital and are currently undergoing treatment, officials said.
The exact cause of the fire was not immediately known, and authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.