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Four killed in inferno
Four people were killed in separate fire-related incidents in the past 24 hours.Four people were killed in separate fire-related incidents in the past 24 hours.
Balika Basnet, 45, and her 12-year-old son Nabin of Sharada Municipality-11 in Salyan district died in forest fire on Wednesday. The victims were burnt alive in their bid to contain fire at a local community forest, said police.
Two siblings died in a house fire at Bohoragaun-7, about 120km west from the district headquarters Baglung on Tuesday evening.
According to Police Inspector Shivaraj Chhetri, Samundra Gharti (6) and her brother Manoj Gharti (3) died as they were trapped inside the burning house. The house belonging to Him Bahadur Gharti and adjoining shed were destroyed in the inferno.
The cause of the fire is still not clear, said police. Local people and the security personnel contained the fire late in the evening.
Seven houses were destroyed and some cattle and poultry were killed in a forest fire at Burtibang and Devikasthan VDCs in the district.