The Nilgiris: The tireless efforts of the fire and rescue department helped douse the forest fire that broke out in the HPF forest region on the Ooty-Mysore road, today.
The Nilgiris: The tireless efforts of the fire and rescue department helped douse the forest fire that broke out in the HPF forest region on the Ooty-Mysore road, today.
The forest region was afire for hours together, damaging a wide area of green cover. Only after an hour of relentless firefighting efforts, the fire was brought under control. However, several acres of forests have reportedly been damaged in this unexpected fire.
Despite many precautionary measures, forest fires are becoming a common occurrence in different parts of the forests in the Nilgiris.