A 30-year-old school teacher has lost everything in a fire that destroyed his 2-bedroom house in Waidamudamu settlement in 10 miles this morning.

Arun Prasad received a call this morning from his neighbor informing him that his house was on fire.

Prasad was living with his mother-in-law, wife and two children.

He says they will now be living with a relative. 

Meanwhile, the National Fire Authority says no one was injured.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.