Jhapa. One person was injured when a diesel tank burst into fire at Parvati Ambika Construction Company located in Tekra, Shivasatakshi Municipality-10, Jhapa.
The police said that while loading diesel from an underground tank to Tifar, the tank burst suddenly and caught fire. On Sunday night around 3:30 p.m., about 9,500 liters of light diesel stored in an underground tank in the company premises was loaded into a tipper numbered 1-01-001 A 1800 when the tank burst and caught fire.
Kofiyat Rai, a 35-year-old resident of Mangsebung Rural Municipality-3 of Ilam, was injured in the fire. He is being treated at a local hospital. The explosion caused minor damage to the Tiffer while the diesel stored in the tank was completely burnt and destroyed.
A police team under the command of Police Inspector Mahendra Parajuli was deployed from the area police office Jhiljile to control the fire. Police said that the fire was brought under control with the help of Shivasatakshi municipality’s fire department and the company’s employees.