DANG: Property worth around Rs 400,000 was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a furniture factory at Doghare in Tulsipur on Friday.

According to DSP Loknath Timisina of the Area Police Office, Tulsipur, the factory belonging to Tirtha Raj Giri was destroyed in the flame.

The incident occurred at around 4 am today.

The cause behind the fire is yet to be established, police said.