Fire at Attariya petrol pump guts motorcycle

DHANGADI: A motorcycle was gutted when a sudden fire engulfed it at Ambar Oil Store in Attariya Municipality of Kailali district on Saturday.

The motorcycle (Ba 67 Pa 5023) belonging to a local Teku Kunwar, caught fire while refueling at the petrol station, informed the Attariya Area Police Office.

Shortly after, the petrol station, belonging to local businessman Jaya Prakash Mohpal, had also partly caught fire.

No human casualty was reported in the incident.

The extent of damage is yet to be ascertained, police informed.

The fire was eventually put out by fire brigade from the Dhangadi Sub-Metropolitan City with the help from the security personnel from the Nepal Police.