- Friday, 4 April 2025
Panchthar Forest Fire update: Two dead, four injured
By Radha Luitel, Phidim, Apr.4: Two people died in separate forest fire incidents in the Panchthar district. The deceased have been identified as Pratima Sambahamphe, aged 22, Kummayak Rural municipality-3 in Panchthar, and 47-year-old Ushakala Nembang Rai of Jawari, Phidim Municipality-13. Rai was caught in a wildfire while searching for firewood in the Jawari forest of Phidim-13 on Thursday afternoon.Family sources have stated that she died on the way to the Burn Hospital in Kathmandu.Pratima Sambahamphe, aged 22, of Kummayak Rural municipality-3, who was trapped in a forest fire, died on Thursday night. Police Inspector Binalal Sah (Teli) of District Police Office Panchthar said that Sapana Sambahamphe, aged 28, of Kummayak Rural municipality-3 Panchthar, her 11-year-old daughter Siwana Sambahamphe, and 60-year-old Nirmaya Sambahamphe, who were injured in a fire that broke out in the private forest of Amarsingh Thapa and Padam Khadka, are undergoing treatment at City Hospital in Biratnagar. According to family sources, Sapana and Nirmaya are in critical condition. Dhan Bahadur Bishwakarma of Kummayak-1 suffered a broken leg while trying to douse the fire, while 11-year-old Shiwana Sambahamphe sustained an injury. Seven civilian houses of civilians have been gutted in a fire in Kummayak. The District Police Office, Panchthar, said that the fire has caused damage worth more than Rs. 4 million.
One dead, five injured in forest fire
One died while five others sustained injuries in separate forest fire incidents in Panchthar.
Woman dies in wildfire, four injured
Panchthar, April 4: A woman died while four others got injury in separate wildfires occurred in the district. The victim of the wildfire occurred in the Tamrakhu forest of Kummayak rural municipality-3 was a local Pratima Sambhahamphe, 26. Three others injured in the fire were Sapana Sambahamphe, 28; Shivana Sambahamphe, 11; and Nirmaya Sambahamphe, 60. They were in the forest to collect fodder, according to police inspector at District Police Office, Bina Lal Sah. The injured ones have been taken to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) for treatment. Injured seriously in the incident, Pratima breathed her last on the way, while three others are undergoing treatment. Chairperson of ward no 3 from Kummayak rural municipality, Baburam Karki, informed that the forest fire had not ceased yet. The locals were worrying the spread of blaze in the nearly village if it was not doused on time. Meanwhile, Usha Nembang Rai, 47, from Phidim-14 has been injured in a fire occurred in the Raniban community forest. Rai was collecting wood from forest. She has been receiving treatment at BPKIHS. (RSS)
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