Property worth millions gutted in fire at furniture factory in Kathmandu

Jul 29, 2021

Kathmandu (Nepal), July 29 (ANI): Properties worth millions were gutted in a fire incident at a local furniture factory in Kathmandu, police said on Wednesday. As per the police, properties worth 100 million Nepali rupees were damaged in the incident. It took nearly two hours to bring the fire under control. Nearly half a dozen fire tenders from Kathmandu as well as Lalitpur had rushed to the spot which lies near Swayambhunath Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. No human casualties were reported in the incident, as per the police. Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police were also called to the site for assistance as the fire threatened to sweep into nearby residential areas. Security personnel and officials carried people to the safe areas and evacuated them from houses as four cooking gas cylinders exploded in the fire incidents.