A fire that broke out in a shop at Durbar Marg in the Capital on Friday has been brought under control.

The fire had occurred at around 12:15pm at a shoes and bags store called ‘Envy’ and was caused due to a short circuit in the air conditioning system, Durbarmarg area police office informed.

Around half of the products in the store have been destroyed in the fire.

Kathmandu Metropolitan City fire brigade, police and locals joined hands to take the fire under control.

The details of the damages caused by the fire is yet to come.