Fire engulfs 150 houses in Saptari

Around 150 houses have been gutted in a fire that broke out in Mahadev Rural Municipality of Saptari today.

The fire started from the house of local Shatrudhan Yadav in Chimti tole of the rural municipality and immediately engulfed the entire village with the heavily blowing winds, according to Ward Chairman Jaya Kishore Das.

More than 150 houses in this settlement inhabited by Yadav, Musahar and Muslim communities have been destroyed by the fire.

Meanwhile, efforts are being made to extinguish the fire with the help of Nepal Police personnel and locals backed by fire engines from Rajbiraj, Shambhunath, Hanuman Nagar Kangalini Municipalities.