A massive fire engulfed Shrestha Furniture and Wood Industry at Madhyapur Thimi municipality-3, Kaushaltar, Sunday night.
The furniture industry run by Raju Shrestha caught fire after an electric short circuit.
Superintendent of Police (SP) at Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur Himal Kumar Shrestha said the inferno broke out at 11.00 Sunday night was brought under control at 4.00 Monday morning.
The fire destroyed materials worth Rs 60 million including all the ready furniture, machines, and raw materials.
The fire also partially damaged the private house of Shrestha, ice-cream factory of Mangal Shrestha and house of Pradeep Silwal. (
RSS)