Saturday, March 26, 2011

Fire in Sankhuwasabha village out of control

KHANDABARI: At least a dozen houses were gutted and 20 others are in

peril as fire is ripping through a village in Khamling in Sankhuwasabha district in eastern Nepal since Friday midnight.

The fire broke out from the house of Ram Bahadur Tamang at Baneshwor-6, Khamling of the district Friday and spread to the adjoining houses and cow sheds.

Security personnel and locals are trying to contain the blaze and prevent further loss in the village.

However, it has been difficult for them to fight the fire due to scarcity of water in the area. Preliminary estimation suggested properties worth Rs 10 million has already been destroyed in the fire, according to Armed Police Force district in-charge Jaya Bahadur Khadka.

No casualtiy has been reported yet.

Khamling, where the rural poor live, witnesses fire every year in the summertime

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