A house was completely destroyed and two others partially damaged in a fire breakout in the busy area of Ason, Kathmandu, on Tuesday.

The fire caught the house owned by Tulshi Maiya Joshi at around 7.00 am after an electric short-circuit. It took six hours for fire fighters to bring the fire under control, according to police.

Teams of Nepal Army, Nepal police and locals doused the fire. However, the fire brigade vehicles could not reach the site due to narrow street.

Police Inspector Hem Kumar Shrestha said the fire fighters faced difficulties while as the fire brigade trucks and tankers could not reach the site. The fire was put off by using water from five fire brigade vehicles and 20 tankers parked at a distance.   Â

Other two houses have been also partially damaged as the fire went out of control despite hectic efforts of fire fighters, according to Shrestha. nepalnews.com

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