Tag: Wildfire In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Chief of Forest Fire Task Force on Friday informed that nine points in the Similipal tiger reserve are under forest fire with 700 fire points being already identified in the State so far. Sandeep Tripathy, who heads the task force constituted to tackle the inferno, claimed that the forest fire situation in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid growing concerns over the wildfire that devoured large tracts of forest in Similipal biosphere reserve in Mayurbhanj recently, another wildfire has been reported in the Bagharakholo forest near Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary on Tuesday. As per reports, the fire is spreading fast towards the protected area of Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of […]