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Nepal:Fire:1999/03/01

Duration 1999/03/01 The Impact of the fire is large because of very dry and hot
season with strong wind

Country or District Nepal

Name Fire

Headline(Source, Date)

Personal Injury Material Damage Others

Disaster Relief Section Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal Government

Dead 41 More
than 10 thousand people homeless
More
than 10 thousand people homeless. Thousands of hectares of forest
also have been caught by fire causing a huge loss of timber and a number of
forest animals. A total loss of physical property worth US $ 1.5 million has been
estimated. It, however, does not include the damage caused to the forest
and forest products.
The impact
of the fire is more devastating because of very dry and hot
season with strong wind.

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Duration	1999/03/01	The Impact of the fire is large because of very dry and hot season with strong wind
Country or District	Nepal
Name	Fire

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Disaster Relief Section Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal Government
Dead 41 More than 10 thousand people homeless	More than 10 thousand people homeless. Thousands of hectares of forest also have been caught by fire causing a huge loss of timber and a number of forest animals. A total loss of physical property worth US $ 1.5 million has been estimated. It, however, does not include the damage caused to the forest and forest products.	The impact of the fire is more devastating because of very dry and hot season with strong wind.