Forty-five sacks of tea leaves at the Rural Tea Factory of Gairigaon in Suryodaya Municipality-9 have been destroyed due to fire, causing the loss of Rs 1 million. The fire occurred on Thursday morning.
Over the past few months, Fire incidents are increasing in Nepal.
The fire broke out with gas leakage while the labours were preparing morning tea. It took one hour for police and local people to extinguish the blaze.
The District Police Office Ilam has said no human casualty was reported in the incident.
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