The fire Tuesday in the Forest of Mala series of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) took a terrible form on Wednesday. Panic spreads due to the fire spread near the lands. Apart from two fire vehicles, farmers barely controlled the fire with the help of more than ten tractors. Farmers claim that negligence was taken to extinguish the wildfire. Fire incidents have begun to increase due to heat and strong wind. Keeping that in mind, the instructions were given to start the fire season and to stay attentive in PTR. Along with the erection of the control room, the instructions were also given to take seriously in the area level, but the Mahud forest caught fire five days ago amid the demands of vigilance, which damages grasslands and trees in an area of 50 hectares. A sudden fire broke out in the Forest of Mala series on Tuesday, causing chaos. After the information was received late in the evening, the PTR team started an attempt to control the fire, but on Wednesday the fire broke out again. Before long, the fire took a terrible form. The fire began to move to the forest border via the channel area near Mathana barrier. When you see the flames, panic spreads among the farmers of the areas along the forest. Once the information was received, two fire vehicles reached the place. The farmers united to save the wheat crop and efforts were started to control the fire using more than ten tractors. Hundreds of farmers showed up, plowed the lands and control the fire. Once the fire in Mala Jungle’s Mathna area reached the border of Churna and Purani Dipnagar, hundreds of farmers met there. Apart from sprayers, the farmers took over the fire by plowing the land. Due to safety reasons, farmers were in their fields until late at night. Farmers claim that the forest fire broke out on Tuesday. Due to negligence at the extinguish of the fire, the fire reached the area along the forest border. The fire was controlled after hard work, but otherwise crops could have suffered great damage. After receiving information from the residents, Dial 112 also reached the place. Officials are assessing the causes and damage caused by the fire. The reason for the fire in the Garland Forest is not clear. There is still uncertainty about how far the fire has spread and how much damage has been done. The officials entrusted the responsibility to an SDO level officer to find out the truth of the incident. DFO Manish Singh said the reasons for the Forest Fire of Mala series are being investigated. The work to extinguish the fire in the entire district is dependent on three vehicles. There is also a major shortage of resources to handle the fire incidents in the district. According to data from the fire department, they have three large vehicles. One of these vehicles was made available in the headquarters and one vehicle in Puranpur and Bisalpur. In addition, there are also fire bikes to extinguish the fire caused by garbage. All three large vehicles have storage drums ranging from two and a half thousand to five thousand liters. CFO Anurag Singh said efforts were made to extinguish the fire from the available sources. Once the information was received, the team reached the place and an attempt began to put out the fire. There is no shortage of drivers. Share this story -tags
Burning in the mala forest of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, there was a stir at the field
