Srinagar: A massive fire broke out at a prominent mosque in Ladakh’s Kargil district today, damaging most of the structure.

In visuals, the fire appears to have engulfed the entire compound and the building at the Jamia Masjid in Kargil’s Drass.

People tweeted that the police, residents and firefighters are trying to put out the fire.

Later, the fire was later doused with the help of the army, police and the fire department, news agency ANI reported. It said the fire damaged the masjid to a big extent.

In this incident in Jamia Masjid in Drass,a century-old mosque of Muslims Damaged In a Massive Fire, the deficiency of arrangements to extinguish fire,raises questions. keeping exploitation of Muslims in Modi regime, beyond this incident, also seems to be linguistically offensive pic.twitter.com/Oo5juUEQ5Q

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the deficiency of arrangements to extinguish fire, raises questions. keeping exploitation of Muslims in the Modi regime, beyond this incident, also seems to be linguistically offensive.

Fire damages Jamia Masjid Drass, locals protest non-availability of fire tenders. A massive fire broke out on Wednesday evening, causing damage to it. The emergency service department failed to provide fire tenders at a sub-divisional level in Kargil, Ladakh. pic.twitter.com/cSiiGBrYpi

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