A massive fire at the Lunda Bazaar area near the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan's Abbottabad reduced over 40 shops and multiple houses to ashes, causing damage worth millions of Pakistani rupees, the Express Tribune reported.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire that broke out on Saturday is believed to have started due to a short circuit in one of the shops and quickly spread across the market, which was stocked with winter merchandise such as used clothes, sweaters, shoes, and bags. The flames were so intense that smoke and fire were visible from miles away. Residents living behind the market narrowly escaped as the fire spread to adjoining houses.