Kathmandu: A woman died in a fire that occurred this morning in Makhantole, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-24. Police confirmed that the fire erupted due to a leak in an LP gas cylinder.
Spokesperson of District Police Range, Kathmandu Apil Raj Bohara stated that the woman died in the fire that took place in the house of Dayaram Shrestha.
The identity of the deceased person has not been ascertained yet. “The dead body is found. It is yet to be ascertained. The efforts to douse the fire are ongoing,” Bohara said.
The fire that broke out at a house this morning in Makhantol, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-24, has been put out. The fire occurred due to leakage of cooking gas at a house and it spread to another house.
The District Police Range Kathmandu said the fire was brought under control with the help of fire engines of the Kathmandu and Lalitpur metropolises and the combined efforts of the Nepali Army, the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and locals.
A body of a woman in her 70s has been retrieved from the incident site, police said.
Source: RSS