20130413 Nepal 287 houses gutted in three districts
Nepal Apr 13 2013 “Apartment houses” “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 1 to 9
287 houses gutted in three districts
Updated: 2013-04-13-11:20
BIRGUNJ/RAUTAHAT: As many as 287 houses were reduced to ashes in separate fire incidents in Parsa, Rautahat and Dang districts on Saturday.
A total of 175 houses were destroyed when fire broke out in Parsa’s Dhore, Mirjapur and Chorni VDCs. Property worth Rs five crore was damaged in the blaze. One-hundred-and-thirty-two houses in Dhore, 39 in Mirjapur and four in Chorni were destroyed in the blaze.The fire that started at wards 2, 6 and 9 in Dhore at 1:00 pm was brought under control after three hours. The fire had started from Ramanand Sahani’s kitchen.
Nepal Police, APF and locals had doused the fire with the support of fire engines from Birgunj sub-metropolis and India’s Raxaul municipality. The fire that started from the house of Rampukar Yadav at Mirjapur destroyed property worth Rs 3.8 million. Parsa CDO Benimadhav Gyawali said the DAO had distributed relief to victims with support from Birgunj chapter of Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Nepal Red Cross Society, Parsa.
The fire that broke out at Rautahat’s Jigadiya VDC and its neighbouring VDC Raghunathpur, reduced 100 houses to ashes. The fire had started from Sakur Miya’s house in Jigadiya, but the strong wind caused the fire to spread. Nepal Police, Nepali Army and APF personnel were deployed to control the blaze. It is yet to come under control.
Six persons were injured. SP Govindaram Pariyar said efforts to douse the fire were under way. Details of the damage are yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile, 12 houses were destroyed when a blaze engulfed them at Dang’s Gadhawa. The fire had started from Pappu Pathan’s house due to electric short circuit. Police, APF and locals are working to douse the fire with the support of fire engines.
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