Seventh fire in Gir this year; In Hadada range of Gir E

23-04-2008

Seventh fire in Gir this year; In Hadada range of Gir E
Times of India Ahmedabad

Rajkot: The eastern region of the Gir forest range witnessed its seventh fire of this season, on Monday. No animal or human casualty was reported. Sources said that a huge fire engulfed almost 100 hectares of the land near Hadala Beat J Nagar, in Dhari range on Monday afternoon. It took four hours of tough fire fighting to extinguish the fire which burnt the forest grass and plants in the area to ashes. Though the cause is still unclear, forest officials believe it to be an accidental fire generally witnessed during the extremely hot summer days. Source : SANDESH