Kathmandu Metropolitan City Chief Balendra Shah (Balen) has said that the fire service will be expanded in Kathmandu. Chief Shah said this while handing over the key to the new fire engine to the Disaster Management Department of the Metropolitan Municipality today.

German company Ziegler Indonesia Company has purchased a fire engine at a price of 72.1 million rupees excluding tax. The fire engine has the capacity to draw and dump 3,000 liters of water per minute. Similarly, they can shoot water fountains up to 60 meters away. At the same time, they can throw water with pressure from 4 discharge lines and draw water from 2 suction lines.