KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs 200,000 was reduced to ashes in a fire that broke out at a bike workshop in Bouddha, KMC-6 on Monday.

Police said that a bike (Ba 21 Pa 6760) and various brands of mobil were gutted after a fire broke out at the SD Autoling Workshop belonging to Rabin Sharma yesterday.

Police informed that the reason behind the blaze was electric short-circuit.