Thamel restaurant blaze guts property worth Rs 9.5 lakh

KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs 950,000 were gutted in a blaze at a restaurant in Thamel, KMC-26 on Monday.

The Thamel based-New Chhung Win Wai Fast Food Restaurant belonging to Ramesh BK of Gorkha district caught fire turning the materials and other belongings into cinders yesterday, informed police.

The Fire brigade with the help of police and locals put out the blaze in the restaurant.

The preliminary investigation points to an electrical short circuit as the cause of the blaze, said police.

Meanwhile, the investigation into the case is underway, police informed.