KATHMANDU: Property, including a motorycle, a car, a bicycle, a laptop computer and housing infrastructure were damage after a fire broke out in a rented house of a South Korean national in Binayakchowk, Karyabinayak Municipality-5 on Thursday.

The fire was caused by an electric heater exposed to a jerrycan containing

petrol. Police together with the locals had doused the fire.

Investigation into the incident is on, said police.