Two houses were burnt to ashes by lightning

OKHALDHUNGA: FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021 – Two houses have been destroyed in a fire caused by lightning in Okhaldhunga. InLikhu Rural Municipality Ward No. 8, the houses of the same village chairman and ward chairman were destroyed by lightning.

The houses of Govinda Bahadur Poudel, chairman of the village municipality and his brother Bishal Kumar Poudel, chairman of Ward No. 8 have been destroyed by fire. According to the District Police Office, Okhaldhunga, the house was destroyed by the lightning last night.

The fire destroyed everything inside the house. Details of the damage are yet to come, police said. The fire broke out in the house of Poudel, the chairman of the village municipality, after the lightning struck his house. One person was injured while fleeing after the house caught fire due to lightning, police said.