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Around 6,000 personnel from the Forest Department were deployed. As of 30 April 2016, 922 instances of fire were reported affecting around 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of forest area. [7] The Mi-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force with Helicopter bucket also known as bambi buckets, were used to douse the fires with water.
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia ), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or ...
Fire, also known as No Escapes (Russian: Огонь, romanized: Ogon) is a 2020 Russian disaster film directed by Aleksey Nuzhnyy.A heroic story about firefighters and rescuers of the Aerial Forest Protection Service "Avialesookhrana" and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who resist the merciless elements and turn out to be the only hope of people in trouble.
Forest fires are a yearly occurrence in Indonesia, with the majority of blazes taking place during the dry season from April to October, according to the World Resources Institute.
Black Forest Fire: Colorado: North of Colorado Springs, the Black Forest fire was a large, fast-spreading fire due to dry conditions, high heat, and restless winds. Destroyed 509 homes and left 17 homes partially damaged. As of 13 June, it became the most destructive fire in Colorado state history. [54] 2013: 1,300 acres (530 ha) Yarnell Hill ...
The Mangum Fire was a wildfire in Kaibab National Forest in Arizona in the United States. The fire, which started on June 8, 2020 approximately 16 miles north of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park , burned a total of 71,450 acres (28,915 ha).
The Yellowstone fires of 1988 collectively formed the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control due to drought conditions and increasing winds, combining into several large conflagrations which burned for several months.
Forest officials have arrested two shepherds for allegedly setting fire to the forest. Fearing tiger attacks on their cattle in Bandipur, on 22 February 2019 they had sparked the fire to chase away a tiger which was spotted in the area for a month or so, leading to massive fire, which destroyed thousands of acres of Bandipur forest area.