One killed in fire incident

A person was killed when a house caught fire at Syage, Marsyangdi Rural Municipality-4 in Lamjung district. Forty-four years old Santamaya Shrestha died after fire engulfed the house last night, according to police.

The victim’s husband, 45-year-old Rajendra Shrestha, however, escaped the fire by running out, Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Thaneshwor Chapain, said. He added that although the locals and police tried to douse the fire, the house was completely gutted.

The Shrestha couple from Besisahar Municipality-2 had been operating a retail shop and clothes store at the place for the last 11 years.

Goods and articles inside the house were destroyed by the fire, and the police are assessing the damage, it is said. Only the wife and husband duo lived in the house. Their children live in Kathmandu.