Massive Sugarcane Fire in Siraha Destroys Crops, Causing Over NPR 11 Million in Losses

Siraha. Sugarcane planted across approximately 30 bighas of land was destroyed in a fire that broke out this afternoon in Ghlatol of Lahan Municipality-13 here.

According to preliminary reports, the police stated that the fire caused losses amounting to approximately NPR 11.6 million for 25 local farmers. Deputy Superintendent of Police Kailash Rai, chief of the Area Police Office, Lahan, said that a police team rushed to the scene immediately after receiving information that the fire had started from the middle of the sugarcane field in the afternoon. He added that the fire was prevented from spreading to human settlements with the help of local residents.