{"id":135107,"date":"2025-02-15T20:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=135107"},"modified":"2025-02-15T20:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:27:04","slug":"shocking-balloon-explosion-injures-nepals-deputy-pm-and-pokhara-mayor-at-tourism-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=135107","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Balloon Explosion Injures Nepal\u2019s Deputy PM and Pokhara Mayor at Tourism Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-134969\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Logo-Smal-1.jpg?resize=184%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"51\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">N<\/span>epal\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, and Pokhara Metropolitan Mayor, Dhanraj Acharya, sustained burn injuries on Saturday, February 15, following a balloon explosion at a public event. The incident occurred during the inauguration of Pokhara Tourism Year 2025 when hydrogen-filled balloons accidentally ignited due to contact with fire poppers, resulting in an explosion.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135108\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Shocking Balloon Explosion Injures Nepal\u2019s Deputy PM and Pokhara Mayor at Tourism Event\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-74.jpg?resize=768%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shocking Balloon Explosion Injures Nepal\u2019s Deputy PM and Pokhara Mayor at Tourism Event\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-74.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-74.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-74.jpg?resize=750%2C422&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shocking Balloon Explosion Injures Nepal\u2019s Deputy PM and Pokhara Mayor at Tourism Event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Both officials were injured in the incident and were promptly airlifted to <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=124577\">Kathmandu<\/a>. They are currently receiving treatment at the Burn Hospital in Kirtipur. In response to the explosion, authorities have launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the accident and ensure such incidents are prevented in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, and Pokhara Metropolitan Mayor, Dhanraj Acharya, sustained burn injuries on Saturday, February 15, following a balloon explosion at a public event. The incident occurred during the inauguration of Pokhara Tourism Year 2025 when hydrogen-filled balloons accidentally ignited due to contact with fire poppers, resulting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[202],"tags":[41195,41194,41187,41193,41186,22833,41196,41184,41191,41198,41190,41192,41183,41197,41185,41189,41188,41199,22841,41200],"class_list":["post-135107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-international","tag-accident-cause","tag-authorities-investigation","tag-balloon-explosion","tag-burn-hospital-kirtipur","tag-burn-injuries","tag-emergency-response","tag-event-safety","tag-finance-minister-bishnu-prasad-paudel","tag-fire-poppers-explosion","tag-government-officials-injured","tag-hydrogen-filled-balloons","tag-kathmandu-airlift","tag-nepal-deputy-prime-minister","tag-nepal-news","tag-pokhara-metropolitan-mayor-dhanraj-acharya","tag-pokhara-tourism-year-2025","tag-public-event-incident","tag-public-safety-incident","tag-safety-measures","tag-tourism-event-accident"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158589,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=158589","url_meta":{"origin":135107,"position":0},"title":"Tragedy at Night: 4 Family Members Burned to Death After Refrigerator Explodes while Sleeping","author":"News Desk","date":"September 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A sudden explosion inside a refrigerator triggered a devastating house fire in Belagavi\u2019s Savata Galli area around midnight on Monday, killing four members of a single family and critically injuring two others, police said. 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