DAMAULI, March 9 -- A five-year-old boy died on Friday after being caught in a fire in Rishing Rural Municipality-6 Daune of Tanahun.

According to the District Police Office, Shishir Thapa died in the fire.

The fire broke out in the house of local Rishi Ram Thapa Magar when his grandson was playing with a lighter where there was straw and firewood in the shed while no one was there.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Bahadur Khan mentioned that he died on the spot.

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