Two of 11 people injured in Kamalpokhari fire incident die

Kathmandu, Feb 11: Two of the 11 workers who sustained burn injuries in a fire at an eatery at local Kamalpokhari last Thursday have succumbed to their injuries.

The fire had started due to the explosion of a cooking gas cylinder. Spokesperson at the District Police Range Kathmandu, Apil Raj Bohara, said the deceased are 18-year-old Rabin Rai of Hetauda and 25-year-old Bhim Bahadur Ghale of Udayapur.

Rai died last night while Ghale breathed his last this morning at the Kirtipur-based Burn Hospital. The remaining injured ones are being treated at the same hospital.