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Kathmandu Saturday April 14, 2001 Baishakh 01, 2058.
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Forest fire claims three
Post Report
DHADING, April 13 - At least three people,
including a pregnant woman, were killed on Wednesday in a fire that spread the entire
forest of the Jharlang VDC-1.
Those who succumbed to the fire have been
identified as pregnant Moijong Tamang, 22, Suki Bahadur Tamang, 36, and Chandra Bahadur
Tamang, according to VDC Chairman Dil Bahadur Tamang.
All of the ill-fated people had gone to the
forest to collect fodder and firewood when they were trapped into the fire. VDC chairman
Tamang suspected that the fire spread in the dry forest as someone left behind cigarette
unextinguished.
Meanwhile, a report from Gulariya said that
an ice-cream factory and other five houses were burned to a cinder when a fire spread at
Chandanpur VDC-5 on Wednesday night.
Police said property worth Rs 600,000 has also
been destroyed in the fire. A local eyewitness claimed that a group of unidentified people
were seen running from the site of the incident as soon as the fire caught the houses.
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