SRINAGAR, Kashmir, Aug 11, SPA -- A fire broke out at the Indian army's largest arms depot in Kashmir on Saturday, wounding at least 30 people, officials said, as shells exploded into the air and a massive plume of black smoke blanketed the Himalayan region. Thousands of people from villages within a 5 kilometer (3 mile) radius were evacuated from the area around theKhandroo depot, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) south ofSrinagar, the main city in India's Jammu-Kashmir state,said local police chief Abdul Ghani Mir. Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. A.K. Mathur said he did not know what caused the fire, but ruled out sabotage or an attack by Kashmiri insurgents, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/474273