Rasuwa, Apr. 12:A fire at about 6 p.m. at the official quarters of the chief district officer in Dhunche, the headquarters of Rasuwa district, gutted the entire building including all official documents and furniture on Tuesday.

The fire broke out all of a sudden from the six-room building and the chief district officer was not present in the house at that time, the security guard at the quarters Krishna Bahadur Bogati said.

The fire was extinguished through the joint efforts of the Royal Nepalese Army personnel, police and the local people.

It is suspected that the fire might have started due to an electric short circuit.

Details of the extent of loss caused by the fire is not yet known. Likewise, a fire is said to have broken out again at the Jayabhawani Rice Mills godown at ward No. 8, Parbatipur, Shamshergunj village in Banke district, it is learnt.

It is not yet clear about the circumstances of the fire and the total damage caused by it. It is only known the godown had 6-7 thousand rice sacks in store at the time of the fire.

The fire was doused after five hours of efforts by the Nepalgunj fire brigade.

Similar fire had also broken out at the godown on April 8.