The fire at the squatters´ settlement started from the house of Som Bahadur B.K.[break]
Similarly, three houses, two cowsheds and a haystack were gutted by fire at Bagai in Ayodhyapuri-9 on Thursday.
Two houses were completely destroyed in another incident of fire at Baghauda-9 on Thursday, police said. Locals and police personnel brought the fires under control at these places.
The details on the damage caused by the fires has not been received but it is estimated that the damage is wotrth hundreds of thousands of rupees, police said.
Meanwhile, a fire at Auraha VDC in Parsa district on Thursday destroyed five houses there, causing a loss of property worth approximately one million rupees. Locals and police personnel brought the fire under control with the help of a fire engine brought from Birgunj, police said.
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