Kathmandu, Jan. 31: A 16-year old boy suffering from paralysis was charred to death when his house at Lajimpat caught fire this morning. Ramesh Maharjan, son of Pancha Narayan, was in his bed when the fire began from the first floor of the house.

According to the police control room, the fire spread uncontrollably all over the house after a kerosene-stove burst.

The fire destroyed household goods worth one million rupees, said Bachaspati Regmi, police inspector at Durbarmarg Police Post.

Fire Brigades of all the three districts of the Valley with a great difficulty brought the fire under control in two hours as the street to the house was too narrow for any vehicles.