KATHMANDU, MARCH 6

A fire broke out at a vegetable bazaar at Dhungedhara in Banasthali in Kathmandu in the wee hours today, burning down at least 70 vegetable stalls, said the police.

A short-circuit is expected to have caused the blaze that took place at 1 am and was doused one hour later with the help of five fire engines, police and local people, said Deputy Superintendent of

Police Gautam Mishra.

Details of property loss in the inferno have yet to come by, he said. The vegetable and fruit bazaar has been run by one Takadir Ratna Shakya.