Season of fires

The priority should be sensitising the public about often-deadly consequences of their negligence.

As the mercury starts to go up, the number of fire incidents is ticking up as well. Many people, mostly children, have already lost their lives and many have incurred huge property losses in such incidents in recent times. The number of such occurrences may rise sharply with the beginning of the spring season, which is considered ‘a season of fires’ in Nepal, at the start of March.