Fire at Simkot Airport quarters doused after three hours

A fire that engulfed a quarter belonging to the staffs of Simkot Airport was doused after three hours.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Surya Prakash Subedi, said, a  team of Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police with the help of the local people extinguished the flame.

An employee of the District Police Office, Humla was injured in the process to douse the blaze. He said the temperature of Simkot dropped to minus, thus affecting the efforts to extinguish the fire.

A short-circuit was to blame for the fire.