Forest fire destroys 23 houses in Tehrathum settlements
The fire that spread to human settlements, resulting in the destruction of houses in five villages, has yet to be brought under control.
The fire that spread to human settlements, resulting in the destruction of houses in five villages, has yet to be brought under control.
The fire that spread into human settlements, resulting in the destruction of houses in five villages, has yet to be brought under control.
The inferno gutted 22 houses of the Santhal settlement in Rangali Municipality-3 at noon on Saturday.
A 65-year-old man was killed on the spot after the two-wheelers collided head-on at noon, police said.
The jeep en route to Bhojpur from Dharan fell some 200 metres down the road causing the fatalities, police say.
The accident occurred after the vehicle, travelling to Mulghat from Bhedetar, collided with the two-wheeler on the Dharan-Dhankuta section of the highway on Tuesday evening.
The accident occurred after a minivan and a motorcycle collided on the Dharan-Dhankuta section of the Koshi Highway on Tuesday evening.
Amid a lack of manpower, resources and challenging terrain, many of these fires will subside only after ravaging all, or with rainfall, say stakeholders.
Police detained a 35-year-old man of Dhanpuri Rural Municipality-3 in Saptari district in connection with the incident.
Security personnel and local residents managed to bring the fire under control after a while following the incident.
A tipper hit a bus at first and then a jeep causing fatalities, police said quoting eyewitnesses.
The ambulance, registered under Haldibari Sewa Samaj, a charity, in Jhapa, was on its way to Biratnagar from Sangurigadhi of Dhankuta.
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The locals set fire the truck on fire following the accident, which obstructed the Koshi highway temporarily, said officials.
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