Property worth around Rs 1.5 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke at a house with tin roof of local Krishna Hari Shrestha in Kathmandu on Saturday.

The fire, which broke out at 9: 40 pm and continued for an hour, destroyed the  one-story house of Shrestha at Syuchatar in Nagarjun Municipality-7, according to Apil Bohara, spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu.

The fire engines could not reach the house to put off the flame due to the narrow street.

However, the security personnel and locals jointly extinguished the fire with the help of two small-size fire engines. Although four other fire engines had reached around the incident site, they could not access the right place owing to a narrow street.

A police team led by chief of Kalimati Police Circle, Rupak Khadka, was mobilized to douse the fire. Even the police personnel from Swayambhu assisted the rescue team.

All household items including clothes, food grains, furniture and utensils were destroyed in the blaze.

Police have suspected that the incident might have occurred due to power leakage.