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Five shops burnt down in Mahottari fire, property worth Rs 15 million gutted

JALESHWOR, Marsh 5: Five shops at a bazaar at Matihani Municipaity-8 have been burnt down in a fire today morning, destroying property worth approximately Rs 15 million, said the police. However, no human casualties are reported in the blaze.
By Republica

JALESHWOR, Marsh 5: Five shops at a bazaar at Matihani Municipality-8 have been burnt down in a fire today morning, destroying property worth approximately Rs 15 million, said the police. However, no human casualties are reported in the blaze. 


A short-circuit is blamed for the fire. The district police office, Mahottari confirmed the destruction of the shops and property worth around Rs 15 million in the blaze. 


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Some of the destroyed shops belonged to one Bhola Kumar Mahato of Matihani Municipality-7, who ran a grocery on the house of one Jagadish Prasad Gupta and Shatrudhan Thakur, who ran a saloon on the same building, said the police.  


The fire was doused two hours later with the help of the police, Armed Police Force and local people.


 


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