A teenager died after sustaining burn injuries in Gulmi on Friday.

The 13-year-old, who had sustained the injuries while trying to stop a forest fire from spreading, died early on Friday while undergoing treatment at the Mission Hospital in Palpa, said police.

A fire had broken out at the Bardabas Jungle in the Gulmi district on Thursday. Locals, and family members of the victim, had made joint efforts to extinguish the inferno.

The victim and one other local, Dhan Bahadur Jogi Kunwar, 55, were seriously injured in the process, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police Dilli Narayan Pandaya.

Both the injured were taken to the Tamghas-based Gulmi Hospital immediately after the incident. The hospital referred both the injured to the Mission Hospital in Palpa.

Kunwar is undergoing treatment at the Palpa-based hospital.