BANIYANI: Property worth Rs. 1.15 million was destroyed in two separate incidents of fire that took place in Kankai and Gauradah municipalities of Jhapa district on Sunday.
A fire that broke out at 4:00 this morning in the cowshed of Tek Bahadur Khanal in Baigundhara of Gauradah-9 caused damaged worth Rs. 900,000. The fire reportedly broke out due to electric short circuit, according to spokesperson of District Police Office, Jhapa Mahendra Kumar Shrestha.
The one-storey cowshed, four cattle heads, and paddy and maize stock inside it were gutted in the fire. Fire tender, police and locals worked together to bring the fire under control in an hour, police said.
In a similar incident, a fire broke out in the thatched roof house of Lanka Bahadur Khadka in ward no. 4 of Kankai municipality, causing a loss of Rs. 250,000.
In the incident that took place on Saturday evening, cereals, clothing, poultry and other goods in the house were burnt to ashes, police said.
The reason behind the fire is not yet known.
(RSS)
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