Monday, 03 JUNE 2024 | PNS | JOSHIMATH
With high temperatures and dry conditions being experienced in various parts of the State, forest fires have resumed in some areas. A fire erupted in the jungles of Selang under the Nanda Devi national park in Chamoli district on Sunday morning. The Forest department personnel reached the site and started efforts to extinguish the fire. However, winds in the afternoon further enflamed the fire and spread it to the area above the national highway to Badrinath. The Nanda Devi range officer Gaurav Negi said that 40 personnel of the department along with personnel of the Fire Service were deployed to bring the fire under control. Traffic was also halted temporarily on the road due to the forest fire.
