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Six houses gutted in two incidents of fire in Bhojpur

Six houses gutted in two incidents of fire in Bhojpur

By THT Online

Security personnel are near a house that was gutted in fire at Dandakharka-5 in Bhojpur district, on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Niroj Koirala

BHOJPUR: Six houses gutted in two separate incidents of fire in Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal on Friday. Five houses were reduced to cinders after a fire broke out from one Kumar Shrestha's kitchen house and spread the neighbourhood at Dandakharka of the district this afternoon, according to the District Police Office. A cowshed was also destroyed in the incident that took place at around 1 pm. Loss of property is yet to be estimated, police said. Earlier in the morning, a house was destroyed in Bokhim in another incident of fire. Properties, including gold ornaments, cash, food grains and clothes, were destroyed in the incident, according to police.