Seven houses gutted in Taplejung inferno

Kathmandu - Seven houses were gutted by fire that broke out at Phungling Bazaar, the headquarters of Taplejung district, on Friday night. No human casualties have been reported in the incident. Police said 11 small hotels and shops were operating from the seven houses which were gutted.

The houses of seven locals including Khem KC and Khadka Thapa were completely destroyed in the incident that took place at about 10 pm. One house had to be razed down while another one had to be partly destroyed to contain the fire from spreading further, according to locals.

It is said the fire broke out all of a sudden from around the Bhandari Khaja Ghar, an eatery, at the locality. The fire was brought under control through the joint efforts of Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and Nepali Army personnel and the locals two hours later.