Property worth around five million rupees was gutted by fire at Traffic Chowk in Dhandadhi on Thursday night.

The property was gutted after 'Bhattarai Plastic Showroom' of a local Ramnath Bhattarai caught fire. The fire damaged the two-storey building as well as destroyed plastic products. Three fire engines, police personnel and locals doused the fire after one-and-a-half hours' effort.

Spokesperson at the District Police Office, Kailali, Bir bahadur Budha Magar, said that the incident might have taken place from the flame of fire crackers. RSS