KATHMANDU: Fire has broken out at a shoe factory in local Balaju.

The incident occurred at a house close to Balaju Bypass, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-16 a while ago.

District Police Office Kathmandu’s spokesperson Superintendent Dinesh Raj Mainali said that fire has broken out at a shoe factory near the Balaju Bypass.

A police team has already reached the site of the inferno. Fire engine has been used to contain the fire, police said.