A massive forest fire broke out in the forests near Budogi village, adjacent to the Tehri district headquarters in Uttarakhand, on Saturday (May 23). Tehri Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Puneet Tomar said the fire broke out in the evening, after which forest teams reached the spot.

Tomar told ANI that the fire team reached the spot very quickly, adding that it is expected to end at a rapid pace in an hour and a half from now.

"The fire broke out in the evening. Our team here reached here very quickly, and the fire is being extinguished. So currently the fire is about to end, and it has gone downwards where there is no population, and it will end at a rapid pace in an hour and a half from now. Overall, around fourteen hectares of our forest area have been affected," he said.

Forest Fire Engulfs Tehri Village

A forest fire near Basugaon on the Gyansu-Sald Road in Uttarakhand was brought under control by the joint effort of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Forest Department, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Fire Service teams.

This comes after the SDRF Uttarakhand received information about the forest fire near Basugaon late Wednesday night, with the possibility of the fire spreading to nearby residential areas.

Acting swiftly on the information, the SDRF team stationed at Post Ujeli, led by Head Constable Durgesh Ratudi, immediately rushed to the spot with the necessary equipment.

At the site, the SDRF team, along with the Forest Department, Fire Service, and NDRF personnel, jointly carried out an intensive firefighting operation. Through the coordinated and relentless efforts of all the teams, the forest fire was successfully brought under control and prevented from spreading to the residential area. The timely action helped avert a potentially major incident, according to SDRF officials.

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