20150129 Nepal Woman succumbs to burn injury
Nepal Jan 29 2015 “Other”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Woman succumbs to burn injury
Updated: 2015-01-29 12:33
BAGLUNG: A woman succumbed to burn injuries in Batakachaur-4 of Baglung on Thursday.
A fire that accidently caught the cowshed of one Prem Bahadur Khatri this morning killed Punam Bohara (45) from Batakachaur-3 of the district.
The incident occurred at around 11:00 am.
Locals said that deceased Bohara had been to the neighbour’s cowshed to sleep. She was seen carrying a matchbox along with her as she was a smoker.
Preliminary investigation of the Police revealed that a fire could have broken out of the match box which Bohara was lighting for smoking cigarette.
According to Shailendra Khadka, the Information Officer at the District Police Office, Baglung, the body has been taken to the district headquarters for post mortem.
Web Source: The Himalayan Times
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