guwahati Plus News. A fire broke out at Ward's Lake during the Shillong Literary Fest 2026 on Thursday evening, gutting four temporary food stalls and disrupting the event. The blaze erupted around 8:30 pm, shortly. Four stalls were gutted after a fire broke out at the venue of the Shillong Literary Fest 2026 at Ward's Lake on Thursday evening, prompting organisers to suspend a musical programme, police said.