A fire broke out at a wooden house at Ruleizou colony, near Government Polytechnic institution, Kohima on Tuesday, officials said. No casualty was reported and the cause of the fire was suspected to be due to short circuit.
Officer in charge (OC) of Fire Station Kohima North, said that they received a call at around 5:30 pm and immediately two fire tenders from Fire Stations in North and South rushed to the site to douse off the fire.
The OC said that a wooden structured house were completely gutted down, however firefighters controlled the fire from spreading further to the adjacent house/buildings.