A fire started from a gas cylinder in Jaigarh market of Achham has taken a terrible shape. The fire started from a shop in the main bazaar of Jaigarh, which is also the center of Bannigarhi Jaigarh Rural Municipality, on Tuesday evening.
Eyewitness Hrithik Swar said that many houses in Jaigarh's old market were burnt down and the fire has not yet been brought under control. He said that because the fire spread in the main center of the market, there was more panic among the locals. Mangalsen municipality's fire department has arrived at the place of fire. But the fire is spreading more and more. Many houses are burnt. The damage is already too much.'
Achham police chief DSP Iswari Prasad Bhandari said that the fire that broke out around 7 pm on Tuesday has not been controlled. Because the road leading to the market is narrow, even the fire brigade could not bring the fire under control. We are making all efforts for control.' He said that about 8 houses inside the
market were completely burnt down. According to him, after the fire was not controlled for more than an hour, the youths, who were angry with the local level, attacked the Chairman of Bannigarhi Jaigarh village council, Tekhadur Saud and his family. There have also been reports of attacks on family members of the village president. On the one hand, the fire has to be controlled and on the other, the angry youths have to be controlled. He said .
