In Bhotekoshi rural municipality ward 1 Kanglang of the district, the house where the family of blind Tungna singer Bir Bahadur Kami lives was burnt due to a shorted electric wire.
According to the police, suddenly on Tuesday midnight, a nearby flour mill caught fire due to shorting of a wire. The fire destroyed the house, kitchen and bedroom.
After the house was destroyed by fire, Vic begged for help . After years of singing this song, with everyone's help, this tower was built, that tower was also at risk during the drought, but it was burnt by the night fire, now there is no place to live,' said Bir Bahadur sadly.
Known as a folk song and Tungna singer, he was living with his family in a hill that was threatened by landslides. Bhotekoshi rural municipality had built a wall to protect his upper village with its tower, which was at risk, from landslides . Then, after the same tower that was safe was burnt down, where will they go now with the children? His family has a problem of how to stay and get food.
Local teacher Pashuram Gautam said that Veer Bahadur's family was in trouble after the fire destroyed dishes, food and clothes in the house. It is difficult for the family of Vic who is earning a living by farming on the land saved from the landslide. "Vick became known by singing, he tried to make a living from it, but now his family is facing an emergency, the house was in danger during the drought, now the same house has been destroyed by fire," he said.
