Source: Sphere India
Country: India
A. Situation Report
The fire in the forests area of Uttrakhand has been burning for nearly 3 months, destroying close to 3,000 acres of forest cover so far. In the last one month alone, around 1,200 fires have broken out in the state.70 percent of the fires have been doused but 29 fresh fire cases are still prevailing in different parts of the state. Firefighting operations have been hampered due to think smoke. Total 6 human and 16 domestic animal causalities are reported so far as per government department DMMC, UK