Forest Fires Rage Across the State of Uttarakhand in India , Air Force Help Sought

Major forest fires continued to rage on Saturday April 30,2016  across the State of Uttarakhand in India, the administration has sought the help of the Indian Air Force to contain the flames.

The administration also held a meeting with forest officials via video conferencing to take stock of the situation.

This came even as three teams of NDRF were deployed in Almora, Gauchar and Pauri and one team of SDRF in Nainital to extinguish the flames.

Since the beginning of forest fire incidents in the state in early February 2016, 922 incidents have occurred so far killing six people including three women and a child, in separate incidents, injuring seven and blighting 1890.79 hectares of green cover, Principal Conservator of Forest (Research) B P Gupta said.