The outbreak started from a threshing machine that was used to cut wheat. [break]
According to Area Police Office, Rangeli, the fire also destroyed a mosque.
The fire was doused two hours later by Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and villagers with the help of a fire engine sent from Biratnagar.
Two hundred people lost their shelter in the fire.
Massive fire breaks out at Atharai Bazaar, destroys 16 houses