Jhapa. One person was injured in a fire at the Alkatra plant of Parvati Ambika Construction Pvt. located in Tekra, Shivasatakshi Municipality-10, Jhapa, and the damage is estimated to be around two million rupees.
According to Deputy Information Officer and Inspector of Police Munnakumar Adhikari of District Police Office Jhapa, the fire started at around 7:20 pm on Sunday and was completely brought under control at around 6 am this morning.
According to the police, nine and a half thousand liters of diesel were completely burnt when the fire broke out in the place where the light diesel oil used for making black sheets was stored in the plant.
A truck number 1 B 1800 loaded with Alkatra was damaged in the fire. The police inspector informed that there is a preliminary report that the damage to the truck alone is worth about two lakh rupees.
The truck driver, Kafiyat Rai, 35, of Mangsebung rural municipality-3 of Ilam, was injured in the fire. The police said that his legs and different parts of his body were burnt.
The police said that it was difficult to control the fire due to inflammable material. The police inspector said that the full details of the damage caused by the fire are yet to come and the cause of the fire has not been revealed. The police are investigating the incident further.