Property worth Rs 900,000 gutted in Lalitpur fire

KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs 900,000 was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a handicraft factory in Khumaltar of Lalitpur-15 on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said that fire that broke out at the factory of Maheshwor Shrestha due to electric short circuit.

The fire was contained with the help of locals and fire brigade, police said.

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