One more person injured in the Lalitpur fire dies

One more person, who was critically injured while trying to douse the fire at Tapeshwor Community Forest in Godawari Municipality-4, Badikhel, Lalitpur, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the Kirtipur-based Burn Hospital.

Shankar and Ramesh Pahari were seriously injured when they went to contain the forest fire.

Shankar died on Tuesday while Ramesh breathed his last this morning, SP Naresh Raj Subedi of the District Police Range, Lalitpur said.

The fire broke out in community forests of Godavari Municipality-6, Tikabhaira, Mahadev Khola Satya community forest of ward 5, Tapeshwar temple's forest of ward 4, Badikhel, Chheda Community Forest of ward 9, Jayabhadra community forest of ward 3, Charghare community forest of ward 10, SP Subedi shared.

He further informed that the fire also spread to Dhungeni Patle community forest, Taplechap community forest of ward 2, government forest at Kundulle of Bagmati Rural Municipality-5 and Lubhu Patle Community Forest of Mahalaxmi Municipality-3 since last night.