20151009 Nepal Three of single family killed in Koteshwor fire
Nepal Oct 09 2015 “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Three of single family killed in Koteshwor fire
Updated: 2015-10-10 11:06
KATHMANDU: Three members of a single family died and another sustained critical injuries when a fire that broke out at a house in Koteshwor of the Capital on Friday night.
According to the Metropolitan Police Range, Baneshwor, the deceased have been identified as Lekhraj Shrestha (32) of Lakhanpur VDC-8 in Ramechhap district, his wife Deuki (28) and eight-year-old daughter Jenisha Shrestha.
Critically injured one-year-old Yunish Shrestha is receiving treatment at the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH).
It has been learned that Lekhraj died at a hospital while his wife and daughter breathed their last while receiving treatment at the Kirtipur-based Model Hospital.
The fire broke out from a candle light when Lekhraj, a taxi driver, was pouring the petrol in another vessel.
The entire goods of the room were destroyed while the house is also damaged, police said.
Web Source: The Himalayan Times
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