The raging fire in Uttarakhand's forests intensified on Tuesday, with more than 68 incidents of forest fires being reported over the last 24 hours. Two fire extinguishers were also injured trying to extinguish the flames.
Most of the forest fire incidents occurred in the Garhwal region, where 44 new forest fires were reported. In Kumaon, 17 incidents were reported, and seven were reported from wildlife areas.
88.46 hectares of forest area were affected in the incidents.
Since November 1 last year, there have been a total of 721 incidents of forest fires in the state, of which 902.5575 hectares of forest area have been destroyed.
Two fire watchers, one in the Bhawali range under the Nainital forest division and one in the Kosi range in the Almora forest division, engaged in extinguishing forest blazes, were also injured during the firefighting operations.
Additional Chief Conservator of Forests (Forest Fire and Disaster Management) Nishant Verma said the efforts to extinguish the fire are continuing on a war footing.
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