Bara bus blaze toll nine

Birgunj, January 23:

One more person, who was among those injured in the bus blaze that occurred in Pasaha of Bara district on Friday, died today. With this death, the blaze toll has reached nine.

The Narayani zonal police office identified the dead as Renuka Moktan of Hetauda municipality-9. Out of the 20 injured, 10 are undergoing treatment in Kathmandu. The

cause of the blaze remains unknown.

Meanwhile, a report from Bara said the identities of eight blaze victims have been ascertained so far. SP at the Bara district police office Hemanta Pal identified the victims as Patasiya Ghangad (10), and Babita Ghangad (19), of Sarlahi Chandranagar-8, Ramhari Adhikari (45) and his wife Satidevi Adhikari (42), of Rautahat Judibela, Kumalidevi Shah of Sarlahi-1, lecturer of the Thakurram Multiple Campus Mukunda Khanal and student Bhaktibilas Lamichhane.