Fifteen houses were destroyed when a forest fire entered a settlement in ward 4 of Roshi Rural Municipality in Kavrepalanchok district on Tuesday evening. 

There are no human casualties. 

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar Shrestha, the bushfire in Mahadev Community Forest entered Mahadevtar Sanokota village and gutted 15 houses. 

Preliminary police investigation shows that property worth around Rs22.5 million was destroyed in the incident.