Three people died and six other got injured on Saturday in a devastating fire that destroyed over 150 'jhuggis' in Jammu, officials said.

Jammu: Three people died and six other got injured on Saturday in a devastating fire that destroyed over 150 "jhuggis" in Jammu, officials said.

3 dead, 3 injured in fire that broke out in slums in Narwal (J&K). More than 80 slums gutted in fire. Flames under control. pic.twitter.com/zA0MByvvxC — ANI (@ANI_news) November 26, 2016

3 dead, 3 injured in fire that broke out in slums in Narwal (J&K). More than 80 slums gutted in fire. Flames under control. pic.twitter.com/OnGmuXdeTV — ANI (@ANI_news) November 26, 2016

Ramesh Gupta, superintendent of medical college hospital Jammu said three charred bodies were brought to the mortuary of the hospital during the night while six persons suffering critical burn injuries were being treated.

According to ANI, the three people who died in were Myanmar migrants. Nearly 300 families have been affected by the fire that engulfed 80 slums.

The fire started in Narwal area of Jammu city around 12 am in the slum where dozens of families of Rohingya Muslims who were uprooted from Myanmar because of persecution have taken shelter.

Besides these Rohingya Muslims, dozens of other families of slum dwellers were also living in the over 150 "Jhuggis" those were completed destroyed in the blaze.