KATHMANDU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and 64 others injured in hundreds of fires across Nepal in the past month, police said on Friday.
A total of 501 fires broke out in Nepal between mid-February and mid-March, also leaving 146 animals dead and 54 houses and 57 sheds destroyed, Nepal Police said in a report.
"Properties worth 404 million Nepali rupees (2.92 million U.S. dollars) were destroyed in the fires," the report said, noting most of the fire incidents were reported in the provinces of Koshi, Madhesh and Lumbini.
Between mid-January and mid-February, 478 fire incidents across Nepal claimed 22 lives and wounded 87 others. ■
