KATHMANDU: Three soldiers of the Nepali Army lost their lives while bravely combating a fire in the Mashta Community Forest  in Thulibheri Municipality-4, Dolpa.

Sadly, they succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment.

The deceased have been identified as 38-year-old Keshav Bahadur Magar from Kavre and 23-year-old Ashish Budha from Humla.

Additionally, on Monday, 28-year-old Hemant Rawal also tragically passed away while undergoing treatment at the District Hospital in Dolpa.

While Rawal breathed his last in the Dolpa District Hospital, Magar and Budha succumbed to their injuries in the Burn Hospital, Kirtipur, Kathmandu.

Currently, one NA soldier, Vijay Koirala, aged 30, is receiving treatment in Kirtipur.