A person died when a fire broke out at a motorcycle garage in Tripureshwor of the Capital on Thursday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Mulayam Miya.

Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) personnel reached the site immediately and doused the flame with help of a fire engine, averting the possible danger of fire being spread to nearby Jayanti Petrol Pump.

The body of Miya has been sent to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for postmortem.

The reason behind the fire is yet to the established.

Police are looking into the case.