Mail by Runner 93: Remembering the 2006 Fire

When the Lukla elders approached HT to finance a water project we remembered the disastrous fire we’d seen seven years earlier started by a faulty gas stove.

In 2013 they had an old water system but its pipes were leaking everywhere and the single reservoir no longer held water. Agreeing to provide funding was a no-brainer.

A year later they had not only domestic water supply but also a high pressure fire-fighting system.

This year fire-fighters have again prevented spread of a potentially serious fire along the tightly packed houses of Lukla’s main street.

Representatives from Himalayan Trust New Zealand including Peter Hillary and Lisa Choegyal with local community representatives and local partner Action for Nepal.