TAPLEJUNG: Property worth around Rs 1.2 million were destroyed in a fire that gutted a house in Phungling Municipality-10 of Taplejung district on Tuesday.

The incident occurred when the roof of the house belonging to Chandra Bahadur Karki in Phurumbu caught the spark from fire set by a local in a nearby forest on Tuesday afternoon, according to local Man Kumari Karki.

The fire burned the beddings, grains, large quantity of wood and other properties inside the three storey house, informed locals. However, no human casualties have been reported in the incident.

The individual responsible for the forest fire has agreed to bear the loss caused by it to the house owner.

In the past three months, dozens of houses were destroyed in fire-related incidents in the district.