TAPLEJUNG:  Four houses were destroyed in a fire occurred at Temba bazaar of Mikkakhola rural municipality-4 in the district last night.

Vice Chairman of the rural municipality, Dandu Lama Sherpa, informed that the houses belonging to Indra Kumar Sanwa, Raj Kumar Sanwa, Anil Sanwa, and Bishnu Sanwa perished in the fire.

Everything in the houses turned into ashes. However, the human loss was prevented in the fire.

Detailed information on the incident is awaited, according to the District Police Office, Taplejung.