Sixteen houses were gutted and around 150 people were rendered shelterless after a massive fire broke out at a village in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Wednesday, a disaster management official said.One person has been injured in the fire incident which took place in Malana village at 1.28 am, State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said.Expressing anguish, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet said, “The fire incident in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh is very painful. I extend my sympathies to all the families who have suffered in this tragedy in the historic Malana village. The state government and local administration are engaged in relief and rescue work with alacrity.”
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