Devastating Fire Leaves Families Homeless In Harsh Winter Season

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - DECEMBER 30: Kashmiri people salvage their belongings after a fire gutted many residential houses on December 30, 2012, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Many families were left homeless amid sub-zero temperatures during the harshest 40-day period (Chilay Kalan) of the winter, after at least 30 residential houses were damaged in a devastating fire on the bank of famous Dal Lake near the Hazratbal shrine, in the outskirts of the Srinagar. The incident engulfed the area during the preceding night, an official said. No injuries were reported. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)