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Fire in squatters' settlement guts house
A house was gutted after a fire broke out in squatters' settlement on Saturday night.
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Published at : January 22, 2017
Updated at : January 22, 2017 10:57
Damak (jhapa)
A house was gutted after a fire broke out in squatters' settlement on Saturday night.
The fire engulfed one Sumitra Karki's house destroying properties worth Rs 500,000, police said. The fire gutted clothes and food commodities. The police are yet to determine the cause of the fire.
The fire was taken under control by the locals and fire engine dispatched from Damak Municipality. RSS
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