Fire incidents kill six people in one month

Kathmandu, March 21: Six persons lost their lives in fire incidents occurred at different places of the country in the last one month.

A man, four women and a child died in fire incidents. Similarly, 30 men, 26 women and three children were injured in such incidents.  

Spokesperson at the Nepal Police Headquarters, Deputy Inspector General Dinesh Kumar Acharya shared that total 501 fire incidents took place across the country in the last one month. Eighty-seven houses and 57 cowsheds suffered damages and 146 cattle died in fire incidents. 

A total of 38 families were displaced after the incident and property worth Rs 404.8 million was destroyed by fire. 

Acharya mentioned that 3,614 police personnel were mobilized to douse the fire occurred at different places. The highest number of fire incident took place in Koshi Province (135) while 105 in Madhes Province, 44 in Bagmati Province, 49 in Kathmandu Valley, 33 in Gandaki Province, 64 in Lumbini Province, 30 in Karnali Province and 41 in Sudurpaschim Province.

Incident of fire has been taking place at different places of the country in lack of sufficient rainfall and increasing heat and dry conditions.  The Home Ministry has requested one and all to stay alert as incident of fire will increase. (RSS)