20140202 Nepal Lalitpur fire guts properties worth Rs 8 millions
Nepal Feb 02 2014 “Houses”
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Lalitpur fire guts properties worth Rs 8 millions
Updated: 2014-02-02-17:21
KATHMANDU: Properties worth nearly Rs eight million were gutted in a fire in Chandanpur on the outskirts of Lalitpur in the wee hours of Sunday.
The fire sparked from an electric short-circuit at the house of Yasu Prasad Dahal in Naman Danda of Chandanpur-8 engulfed the house that had shops, an oil mill and a cooperative, police said.
Zinc roof of a neighbour’s house was also destroyed in the fire at around 2 am today.
Police estimated that properties worth Rs 7.75 million were gutted in the fire.
Meanwhile, at least three persons including Hom Prasad Dahal were injured while controlling the fire
Websource:The Himalayan times
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