Srinagar, Dec 14: A government middle school was damaged in a massive blaze in Turknaadi Turkpora village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said here on Wednesday morning.

Quoting an official the news agency KNO reported that fire broke out in the school building at Turknaadi in the wee hours today morning.

He said in the incident the school building was damaged as fire tenders couldn’t reach in time as the area was around 12 kilometres away from the district headquarter.

The official said the cause of the fire was being ascertained.