KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs 1.4 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a scrap store and spread to an adjoining furniture store in Saraswoti Marga, of Dallu, KMC-15 on Saturday.

Police said that the fire first broke out at the scrap store owned by Bijay Sah and later spread to the furniture store owned by Satya Narayan Dangol.

The cause behind the fire is yet to be established.