Page 5 - Forest Fires

IAF joins fire fighting operation as forest blaze rages in J-K's Udhampur

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday joined a fire fighting operation to control a massive forest fire in Ghordi block in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said

Worsening wildfires

Local tribes should be involved in forest upkeep and management

Up in smoke: Uttarakhand looks to the clouds, forest fires rage on

In the last 2 or 3 days, forest fires have broken out with seething frenzy in many areas of the hill state, and are threatening to destroy the rich plant and animal wealth of the Himalayan region

Pradhan, other Odisha MPs meet Prakash Javadekar over Simlipal forest fire

Days after a fire devastated the Similipal forest division in Odisha, Pradhan and other MPs from the state met Prakash Javadekar, demanding his intervention in the issue of forest fires in the state

Odisha govt claims no loss of life in Similipal forest fire

The Odisha government on Wednesday claimed that there was no loss of life in the Similipal National Park fire, which has been raging for around a week and spreading to newer areas.

1,300 forest fires reported in Mizoram in 2020, 1,090 caused due to 'jhum'

Around 1,090 incidents were caused due to slash-and- burn ''jhum'' cultivation and only 210 were due to natural causes, they said

Indian Army helps authorities to control forest fire in Arunachal Pradesh

Indian Army assisted forest authorities in controlling forest fire near Chillipam Monastery, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh

Dzukou Valley blaze under control but operations to continue: Official

The fire on the Dzukou range is under total control but all operations will continue, a Nagaland forest officer said on Friday

Over 256,000 hectare land in India affected by forest fire in 2019: Govt

Forest fires have been increasing across the globe and over 2.56 lakh hectare land in India has been affected by it in 2019 as reported by states, the environment ministry informed Lok Sabha.

California wildfires some of largest in state history, thousands flee

More than 12,000 firefighters aided by helicopters and air tankers are battling wildfires throughout California

How to stop the next global outbreak

Since December, evidence has strongly suggested that something wild infected humans with the virus at one such market in central Wuhan

Australian 'megablaze' under control, wet weather promises further respite

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney's northwestern outskirts

Increasing green cover

Ambiguity in the definition of forests should be removed

Climate stress-tests, robo-cars and more in 2020

Changing weather patterns and urgent need to cut down emissions drastically will dominate discussions

Australia PM Scott Morrison pledges $1.4 bn more in aid for bushfires

Over 20 people have lost their lives so far

Australia rushes to open roads, evacuate people amid respite from bushfires

Authorities redoubled their efforts to provide supplies and repatriate thousands of people who have been trapped by fire lines in coastal towns for several days

New bushfire flares in southeast Australia even as damage assessment begins

Twenty-four people have been killed since the start of this year's wildfire season.

Bushfires burn dangerously out of control across southeast Australia

By late evening, Victoria had 14 fires rated at emergency or evacuate warning levels, and New South Wales had 11 rated emergency, with more than 150 others burning across the states

Modi offers support after Aussie PM cancels India visit due to bush fires

Morrison called off his four-day visit to India from January 13 due to the devastating bush fires in several parts of his country

Australia firefighters brace for extreme heatwave at weekend

About 5 million hectares of land have burned nationwide over the past few months, with nine people killed and more than 950 homes destroyed