Nepal, March 20 -- Koshi Province has recorded a total of 266 incidents of fires in the past two weeks, according to the Biratnagar-based provincial police office. Three people are reported killed in those incidents and more than 160 houses have been destroyed.

A total of 870 incidents of fires occurred in the province in the current fiscal year 2023-24, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Dahal, who is also the information officer at Koshi Province Police Office.

As many as 21 people have died and 97 others have sustained injuries in fire incidents in Koshi Province since July 17, Dahal said, adding that properties worth approximately Rs150 million have been destroyed in the incidents.

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