Houses are on fire this summer 


FAN Report 
April 10

At least 522 families on Tuesday rendered homeless when 1169 houses caught fire in four wards of the Belhi Chapena Village Development Committee (VDC) in Saptari district, according to a press statement issued today . 
The Minisry said an estimated property worth NRS. 30 million reduced to a cinder . 
The Ministry said that the fire erupted all of a sudden from the house of Ram Avatar Mandal at the VDC-5, located about 10 km southwest of Sapatrai's district headquarters, Rajbiraj . Mandal also sustained injuries on the fire while taking out his belongings out of the blazing fire . 
The fire was put out with the help of fire service from Rajbiraj and Lahan, Royal Nepal Army , polite and locals . 
The Ministry said it has already provided Rs. 500,000 in cash to the fire victims as immediate relief . 
Our reporter said that 2,000 people were rendered homeless after their houses and cowsheds caught the fire . However , a Bhagawati temple has remained safe and which the people have taken as a miracle of the deity . 
Meanwhile , a report from Gaighat , Udayapur stated that a woman sustained serious injuries after five houses and cowsheds caught fire in Biralitar village early Thursday. The fire spread from the house of Chandra Bhadur Rana , according the villagers . The injured woman , Hira Rana, has been admitted to a loc