Four persons died and two others were injured after a moving Bolero jeep suddenly caught fire in Taplejung.

The deceased have been identified as 16-year-old Aadhya Acharya of  Lalitpur Metropolitan City-10, 70-year-old Binod Paudel of  Bhadrapur Municipality-15, his 69-year-old wife Sarita Paudel, and the driver, 42-year-old Durga Bhattarai of Phungling Municipality-10, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Bibek Basnet said.

The jeep (Me 1 Cha 3011) was en route to Pathibhara Temple from Phungling when the incident occurred at Sewaro Chowk in Phungling Municipality-10. 

The injured include 45-year-old Sabina Acharya of  Lalitpur-10 and her 10-year-old son Bhavimay Acharya.

The injured are being treated at the District Hospital. .