20131212 Nepal Properties worth Rs 5.4 mln gutted
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Properties worth Rs 5.4 mln gutted
Updated: 2013-12-12-17:26
KATHMANDU: Properties worth Rs 5.4 million were gutted in two separate incidents of fire reported from Baneshwor-34, Kathmandu and Imadol-5, Lalitpur.
According to police, fire broke out at a Baneshwor-based clothes store at around 6:40 pm yesterday and gutted properties equivalent to Rs 5.3 million. The shop is owned by one Kul Prasad Pokhrel and Ram Chandra Sahani. The cause of fire has been identified as electric short circuit.
Similarly, another incident of fire that erupted in a Community Child Care Centre based in Imadol gutted properties worth Rs 150,000. According to police, the fire broke out at around 10:55 pm in the night. Altogether 25 children are housed in the care centre. However, no human casualty was reported.
Investigations into both the incidents are underway, police said.
Websource:The Himalayan times
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