A fire broke out in Sunwal of West Nawalparasi on Thursday, destroying the sugarcane plantation on an area of 10 kathas. Banli was destroyed due to fire in the field of Pralad Pasi in Sunwal-2 Rajhawa.
Santosh Paudel, police inspector of area police office, Sunwal, said that the wind caused the fire in Pasi's field while neighbor Shyam Bahadur Bhandari was burning weeds in his field. It took time to put out the fire due to the hot sun and wind. Since there was no fire brigade in Sunwal, fire brigade of Ramgram municipality, police and local residents took control of the fire.
