BHOJPUR: Property worth around Rs 1.5 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a house in Bharaul-3 of Sunsari. According to the Eastern Regional Police Office, Biratnagar, the reason behind the fire that broke out at the two-storey house of Dak Bahadur Paudel was electric short circuit. The fire was taken under control with the help of locals, a police team deployed from the Area Police Office, Mahendranagar, police informed.