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Fire guts 11 houses in Pyuthan
The fire spread to the human settlement from a community forest.
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Shamsher Bikram GC
Published at : May 22, 2023
Updated at : May 22, 2023 08:50
Pyuthan
Fire gutted 11 houses at Dhanwang in Swargadwari Municipality-2 of Pyuthan district on Sunday night.
District Police Office Pyuthan said the fire that spread to the human settlement from Dhaireni community forest also gutted eight animal sheds.
Meanwhile, Gir Bahadur Gharti, ward chairman of Swargadwari -5, said three people were injured while attempting to extinguish a fire at a forest in Patikharka of the municipality.
He said that the fire was brought under control with the help of locals and police and army personnel.
Shamsher Bikram GC
Shamsher Bikram GC is the Pyuthan correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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