A forest fire is raging in the highlands of Alekan, and a huge amount of forest, animals and birds have been burnt due to the fire started by miscreants.
Forest officials rushed to the spot on getting the information and tried to put out the fire with the help of locals. Due to the high altitude, the fire fighting vehicle could not go.
A huge fire also broke out in Tavur Hill
Madikeri: A huge fire has broken out in Tavur Hill near Bhagamandal. Miscreants have set fire to the grass on the top of the hill and the fire has been set simultaneously from 7 sides in a distance of 2.5 km. Due to this, the entire pasture on the hill has been engulfed in fire and the forest department staff are struggling to extinguish the fire.
No vehicle is accessible to the place. In this background, the forest department staff along with the elephant task force staff are engaged in efforts to extinguish the fire with the help of locals.
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Forest fire in Alur-Siddapur forest: Forest department staff successfully put out the fire
As of Saturday: A forest fire broke out in Doddere-Aluru Siddapur forest area of nearby Malambi Reserve Forest on Sunday afternoon.
After the local people noticed the fire inside the forest and informed the forest department, a team led by Forest Divisional Officer Prafulshetty immediately reached the spot and started the fire extinguishing operation. Although Kushalanagar fire brigade was informed about this, the fire brigade managed to extinguish the fire by the time the personnel arrived. It is said that about 40 cents of the forest has been burnt by the fire. Kargodu forest beat personnel were involved in fire fighting.People suffer from heatwave: Maximum temperature reaches 38.1 degree Celsius in Karwar, viral infection is increasing
Accidental fire to destroy plant wealth
Honnali: An accidental fire broke out in the Gomala area in front of the KSRTC bus stand in the town and hundreds of wild species of trees and other plant resources were gutted on Saturday evening.
In front of the KSRTC bus stand on Nyamati Road here, a small forest has been created in an area of about 8 to 10 acres of Gomala with trees of various species. Dry grass stuck to the ground accidentally caught fire on Saturday. The fire slowly spread to the entire area and smoke rose.
Although the fire broke out at around 5.30 in the morning, there was no problem to the bus station or people as there was a perimeter wall around the KSRTC bus stand. Around 6.30 am, when the fire and smoke started spreading mostly near the barrier of the KSRTC bus stand, the KSRTC officials woke up and called the fire brigade station.Summer drought for fruit and vegetable crops, production likely to drop by 30%
2 Fire Extinguishers were rushed to the spot with vehicles and extinguished the fire. A major disaster was averted due to the fact that there was a diesel bunker in one part of the KSRTC bus stand and the fire was extinguished quickly.
Fire in Gaurikallu hill forest under full control
Gundlupet: The forest department said that the fire that broke out in the afternoon of March 4 in Gaurikallugudda forest area under Gopalaswamy hill zone of Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been fully extinguished. The forest area where the fire broke out on Saturday is a valley area and immediately all the personnel were deployed to extinguish the fire. Crews from 7 zones including GS Betta, Bandipur, Kundukere, Gundlupet, Moohole, Maddur and Omkara arrived on time and extinguished the fire.
The operation was led by the Assistant Conservator of Forests of Bandipur Sub Division and Gundlupet Zone under the guidance of Forest Conservator and Tiger Project Field Director. The fire was a ground fire and no trees were damaged. The release informed that there was no harm to wild animals.
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