Property worth around Rs six million was reduced to ashes when a fire destroyed six houses at Harinagar Rural Municipality-6 in Ghuski of Sunsari district on Thursday morning.

The fire that started from the house of Haris Ansari and quickly spread to six other houses, the District Police Office, Sunsari, informed.

DSP Praveen Dhital said that the houses belonging to Hasim Ansari, Baros Ansari, Haris Ansari, Jamal Ansari, Usman Ansari and Harun Ansari were destroyed in the flame.

The fire was later taken under control with the help of locals and Nepal Police personnel backed by a fire engine. RSS