Nepal: Fire Incident in Siraha District Situation Report I

An accidental fire broke out in Aurahi Village Development Committee (VDC) of Siraha district around noon of 15 May 2012 and some 1000 families have been displaced by this incident. Five wards of Aurahi VDC (ward number 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) are worst hit by the incident.

This report has been prepared by OCHA Humanitarian Support Unit with direct field observation of UN team, information from District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC), Security Forces, Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and other humanitarian agencies involved in response activities.