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In February, wildfires ravaged around 82 hectares of forest land in Sindhupalchok, particularly in the upper regions of Jugal and Bhotekoshi rural municipalities. The blazes took days to extinguish.

Kiran Thapa, district governor of Sindhupalchok, said, “One inmate of the district jail broke his hand while trying to run after the quake and he is now undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Earlier on Friday, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal's Sindhupalchok district near Bhairab Kunda. Tremors were felt across the Himalayan region and parts of Bihar in India at 2:35 am.

The tremors were also felt in Siliguri. According to news agency Reuters, the powerful quake struck around Bhairab Kunda of the Sindhupalchok district in Nepal at around 2.35 am.

In Sindhupalchok, an inmate at the district jail broke his hand while attempting to flee, according to district governor Kiran Thapa. Additionally, a police post in Kodari developed minor cracks ...

Mr Kiran Thapa, district governor of Sindhupalchok, said: “One inmate of the district jail broke his hand while trying to run after the quake, and he is now undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Kiran Thapa, district governor of Sindhupalchok, said, "One inmate of the district jail broke his hand while trying to run after the quake and he is now undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Kiran Thapa, district governor of Sindhupalchok, said, "One inmate of the district jail broke his hand while trying to run after the quake and he is now undergoing treatment at a hospital.

“It shook us from our sleep strongly,” Ganesh Nepali, a senior official of Sindhupalchok district, told Reuters. “We rushed out of home. People have now returned back to homes.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck north of Nepal's Kathmandu on Friday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.