In Nepal, over six hundred huts have been gutted in a massive fire that erupted Tuesday morning in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp at Goldhaap in Jhapa district. Reports reaching the capital say around twenty-five refugees have been injured in the incident and are undergoing treatment in local hospitals. The fire brigades from neighbouring towns of Damak, Mechi,and Bhadrapur and security personnel took more than two hours to control the fire. This is the third major fire in the Goldhaap camp which originally had one thousand five hundred huts.
News On AIR | March 22, 2011 2:27 PM
Major fire in Bhutanese Refugee Camp in Nepal