Fire in Chitwan comes under control after 9 hrs
Nov 1, 2011 @ 12:41
The deadly fire, which was started at a food store room of Dantakali Pashupati Grocery of local Dinesh Rathi situated at Bharatpur Municipality-4, Ananda Marga, of Chitwan district on Monday midnight, came under control after nine hours, according to RSS.
The fire was taken under control with the help of two fire engines of Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan and one each from Hetauda and Bharatpur Municipality and local residents.
According to Chitwan District Police Office, the fire destroyed various foods including pulses, rice, oil, peas, gram and soybean worth of around Rs. 50 million. Houses of Rathi and his neighbor Raj Kumar Shrestha were also damaged.
