The police said that a fire broke out in the settlement on Friday night.
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In Chumanuvri-2 Lho, 6 houses were completely destroyed by fire and two houses were partially damaged.
The police said that there was a fire in the settlement on Friday night. DSP Indra Prasad Subedi of District Police Office Gorkha said that two houses with stone mud and wooden and zinc roofs of Pasang Lama of Chumanuvri-2 were totally destroyed by the fire. Similarly, he said that the stone houses of Chewang Rexin Lama, Tasi Lama, Worken Lama and Pasang Lama with wooden and zinc roofs were completely destroyed by fire. The houses of Ghyachu Lama and Chhine Lama have been partially damaged.
Locals were digging potatoes and cutting grass at a place called Chumanuvri-2 when the fire suddenly broke out, the police said. The fire started from the house of a local Pasang Lama when no one was home. During the preliminary investigation, the police have speculated that the fire may have been caused by an electric shock. The fire was extinguished by the police team deployed from the area police office Larke and locals. The police said that the fire has been brought under control and there was no human or animal damage due to the fire.
Chumanuvri-2 Ward Chairman Mingur Dorje Lama said that there was a fire in the slum suddenly at night. "6 houses have been completely damaged, even the clothes inside the houses could not be removed," he said. He also said that after the fire in the house, the locals took shelter in the neighbor's house. "Some of the people of the house had gone to Kathmandu and some went to Syo village. It seems that the fire started due to a power cut," Lama said.
