Bajura fire: 35 shops perish, property loss worth Rs 87.7 million

Kathmandu: At least 35 shops were burnt to ashes at Bamla bazaar of Budhiganga municipality-6. The fire started when a cooking gas cylinder exploded at a local Nabadurga hotel while cooking food on Friday afternoon.

According to the District Police Office, all the shops at Bamka bazaar were destroyed in a fire. Information Officer Dev Bahadur Chaudhary said ass per the preliminary investigation, property worth Rs 87.7 million was gutted in the inferno.

He shared that the fire destroyed the property worth Rs 18 million belonging to Yognath Neupane, Rs 15 million each of Toyanath Neupane, Chhatra Thapa, and Dhan Bahadur Saud. However, the complete details of the losses caused by fire are awaited. Various sorts of outlets—fancy, medical, electronic, stationery, and hotels – turned into ashes.

Even a motorcycle (Su Pa Pra 01-001 Pa 4681) was burnt. Victims complained that a huge amount of property was destroyed due to a lack of a fire engine at the local level. A meeting of the District Disaster Management Committee held on Friday decided to ask the province and federal governments to make arrangement of relief and rehabilitation to the victims.

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