Dor Bahadur Bayalkoti of Bubaneshwori VDC, Sindhuli, and his family have
been living under the open sky since yesterday after the wildfire that
spread to human settlement gutted his house.
“It is uncertain how long we will have to stay under the open sky as the
wildfire has yet to be brought under control,” he said. Bayalkoti along
with his wife and two kids have been living under the open sky since
yesterday. He informed that not all fire victim families had received
the tents offered by Red Cross Society, Sindhuli after the incident.
“The uncontrolled inferno might have destroyed the tents,” he said.
Besides Bayalkoti, around 40 families in ward no 1, 7 and 9 of the VDC
have been spending nights under the open sky for the last two days. “We
have not been able to sleep due to the fear of the raging wildfire,”
said Buddhi Raj Karki, another fire victim. He wondered how he would be
able to rebuild his house and run the family as his house and property
were gutted in the wildfire.
Another fire victim Kumar Bayalkoti said even the water pipes had burnt
down. He added that the victims were suffering from acute shortage of
drinking water due to the same. “The uncontrolled fire coupled with
rising mercury leaves us thirsty,” he added.
The wildfire had spread from Tangre National Forest on Friday morning.
Raging wind had caused the wildfire to immediately spread to human
settlements. The fire gutted two buildings belonging to local Kalika
Primary School while dozens of cattle died in the incident.
Security personnel deployed at the incident site said they were yet to
bring the wildfire under control as of today evening. A joint team of
Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepali Army, along with the locals,
have been making efforts to bring the wildfire under control since
yesterday.
Inspector Sarbashree Bahadur Singh, of Area Police Office, Khurkot, said
the wildfire had gradually moved towards the community forest of
Baseri, Bhadaure and Okhle at ward number 6 and 8, respectively of the
VDC. He said it would take two days to assess the total damage caused by
the fire.
Meanwhile, various political parties, Nepal Red Cross Society and the
district residents have been collecting relief for the fire victims at
the initiative of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sindhuli.
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