Fire destroys six houses

Tehrathum -  A wild fire which spread to a settlement has gutted six houses at Solma, Laligurans Municipality in the district. 
The fire that started at the Hatti Aahal community forest spread to the nearby settlement on Tuesday. The houses belonging to Govinda Adhikari, Laxmi Adhikari, Narendra Adhikari,Loknath Neupane, Guru Prasad Luintel and Yek Raj Timilsina were destroyed by the fire, Chief District Officer, Ved Nidhi Khanal, said. 
Goods and property worth 4 million 427 thousand rupees have been destroyed in the fire that started at 3 pm on Tuesday. 
Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and Nepal Army personnel and the locals brought the fire under control at 6 pm. It took long to put out the fire for lack of water and fire engine.