A fire that broke out at Chhinnamasta rural municipality-1 of Saptari district Wednesday destroyed property worth approximately one million rupees.
The fire started from an oil lamp at the house of one Wokil Mishra destroyed a cowshed and four houses in the locality, according to locals.
Food grain, clothes, utensils, and cash were gutted in the fire, the Area Police Office, Chhinnamasta stated. The inferno was brought under control by the locals and police personnel with the help of a fire engine brought from Rajbiraj.