Aftermath of bandipur forest fire results in injured and scared animals and dry waterholes.
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Forest workers combating fire in Bandipur: Mysureans play good Samaritans
February 27, 2017Mysureans have played good Samaritans by offering fruits, juices, water and snacks to Forest Department staff and volunteers engaged in dousing wild fire in Bandipur forest range. About 400 people are engaged in extinguishing the raging fire and the Forest Department Officials had pleaded for help as acute shortage of food and water was a…
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BANDIPUR FOREST FIRE: 8 days on, inferno spreads to Himavad Gopalaswamy Hills
February 25, 2017Battling forest fires that have resurfaced at the Bandipur National Park, the Forest Department officials are at their wits end to contain the inferno that began on Feb. 18. Though they have claimed that the forest fire has been contained at Kalkare, Hediyala, Maleyur and Omkara, Kundkere, Gundre and N. Begur ranges, the latest wildfire…
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Bandipur forest Wildfire Put-Off
February 23, 2017A three-day- long operation ended today with the efforts of forest department personnel including the tribals and the local villagers.
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Bandipur forest fire put off
February 22, 2017The Bandipur forest fire which destroyed about 750 acres of forest area in N. Begur and Gundre regions was put off today morning after a three-day- long operation. The Forest Department personnel including the tribals, who began to work extensively to extinguish the fire from spreading to other parts of the forest due to gusty…
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Forest Minister calls on injured; assures all help
February 21, 2017Bandipur inferno and aftermath Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B. Ramanath Rai has assured that the State Government will take care of all medical expenses of forest staff who have been injured while dousing the forest fire at Bandipur. The assurance came when he visited the Apollo BGS Hospital in city this morning where…
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Bandipur wildfire: Gusty winds hinder dousing operations
February 21, 2017Inferno spreads to N. Begur, Gundre ranges Counter-fire measures initiated; local villagers pitch in to extinguish flames The wildfire that broke out on Saturday in Kalkare range of Bandipur National Park which claimed the life of a forest guard is yet to be brought under control. The fire has now spread to N. Begur and…
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Incense sticks or mosquito coils used to trigger the fire
February 20, 2017Sources in the Forest Department have said that a large number of incense sticks or mosquito coils had been used by miscreants to trigger the devastating fire that damaged hundreds of acres of vegetation and wildlife. It is said that sulphur content in mosquito coils and match sticks result in speedy spread of fire in…
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Forest guard charred to death in fire at Bandipur National Park
February 19, 2017A forest guard was charred to death and four others including three Forest Department staff sustained burn injuries while they were trying to douse a fire that broke out in Kalkere Range of Bandipur National Park yesterday morning. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Murigeppa Tammangol a forest guard in Kalkere Range. He died…
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Bandipur inferno doused in night-long operation
February 19, 2017In what is considered as a major fire accident in the recent days, over 1,500 acres of forests have been reduced to ashes in the inferno that broke out at the Bandipur National Park yesterday. The fire was brought under control at around 8.30 am today and more than 600 persons were part of the…
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