December 20: A fire that broke out in the sixth floor of a commercial complex at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu gutted properties worth over Rs 30.5 million on Monday.    

According to a preliminary investigation of the police, the fire erupted due to electric short circuit in an inverter of a fitness and spa centre in the sixth floor of the Indreni complex.    

SP Dineshraj Mainali of the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, said the fire has been doused by five fire brigades called in from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. -- RSS