Last Thursday, 5 houses were destroyed by fire and more than 2 million rupees were lost, 17 people from 5 families were displaced
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Lalsingh Rai of Bahrbise of Sabhapokhri Rural Municipality is taking shelter in a neighbor's house after his house was burnt down in the fire. Last Thursday around 2:30 p.m., a sudden burst of fire was seen. Within a short time, 5 houses were completely destroyed.
Lalsingh had gone to a village 8 kilometers above the village for work when the fire occurred. When Hasyangfasang arrived at twelve o'clock after the neighbor reported that the house was on fire, the house was already burnt down.
'Household items, other documents, gold and silver, clothes all burned . I couldn't take anything inside," he said. "I locked the house and went to the village. When he came back, everything was burnt. Now he said that the government relief and the support of some organizations are removing the shock.
Nirmala Tamang was not even twelve when the house caught fire. Neighbors informed him after the fire. She said that the children's educational certificates were also burnt in the fire. "The fire consumed everything." Now there is no money to build a house, how many days I have to stay with the neighbor's shelter,' she said.
The fire victims are being financially supported by the Industrial and Commercial Association, Distributors Association, Cardamom Business Association, Petroleum Shipping Association, Hatemalo and others. According to the police, the damage was more due to the fact that the house was not opened and was made of stone and wood. Due to the fire, the property of 5 families has been damaged and 17 people from 5 houses have been displaced. The victims are currently staying with relatives and neighbors.
Bhim Bahadur Limbu, chairman of the rural municipality, said that when the fire spread suddenly in the afternoon, the victims were unable to remove the property inside the house. The fire could not be extinguished as the house was made of wood. 5 houses connected by fire were destroyed within an hour and a half," he said. Ram Bahadur Rai, Amrita Rai, and Sushil Tamang were also unable to retrieve the items inside the house. Locals, police and army extinguished the fire in one and a half hours to prevent further damage due to the dense market.
Municipality, Red Cross, traders and disaster management committee have already distributed relief to the fire victims. Chairman Limbu said that the rural municipality has already distributed clothing, kitchen materials and food and decided to give an additional 1 lakh to the victims. "We will help the victim as much as possible from the municipality, we will also manage the felling of wood to build a house." Even if we give 1 lakh now, we are in discussions to increase the amount,' said President Limbu.
The victims demand that the municipality should construct a temporary tower. Relief collection work is being done for them with the activism of twelve-year-old youth. According to the local famous Shrestha, the collected money will be collected in one lump sum and will be delivered to the victims through the rural municipality.
