JHAPA: A fire broke out in a house at Shani Arjun Municipality in Jhapa district at 2 am today.

Police said that property worth Rs 1 million was gutted in the fire that broke out due to an electric circuit in the house of local Bhojraj Chauhan.

No human casualty is reported in the incident but all the properties including cash, foodstuffs and others were destroyed to cinder, it is said. The fire was brought under control with the help of locals and police personnel.