Ten houses were destroyed in separate incidents of fire in Banke district. Properties worth around Rs 2.5 million were destroyed in the incidents, police said. Five houses were completely destroyed and two others partially damaged when a fire broke out at Gegli Village in Narainapur Rural Municipality-3 on Wednesday evening, said Inspector Rajan Rayamajhi.

Similarly, a fire broke out at Janatapur of the rural municipality, reducing three houses and an animal shed to cinders.

Properties worth around Rs 1.5 million were destroyed in the flame, he said. Fire in both places was doused with the help of local people and police, he added.