A candle industry on Friday caught fire at Itahari Sub Metropolitan City in Sunsari, destroying property worth more than Rs 1.5 million.
The candles lighted for illumination on the occasion of Laxmi puja on the third day of Tihar caught raw materials stored to make candle causing destruction, the police said.

The fire was doused with the help of the police, local people and a fire engine, the locals said. (RSS)