Properties worth millions of rupees were destroyed when a fire broke in Sankhamul, Kathmandu on Sunday.

Police said that five shops were reduced to ashes and a house suffered partial damages in the fire that broke out near Dobhan Bridge in Sankhamul, Kathmandu today.

The fire was taken under control with the help of fire engines from Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and locals.

Full details of the damage caused by the fire are yet to come, police said.