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A fire broke out in the forest of the Bada Bhuin Panchayat of Kullu, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday (November 26) night.
Conservator of the Kullu Circle Forest Department, Sandeep Sharma told media around 50 hectares of land with dry grass have been burned in the last two weeks, resulting in a financial loss of approximately ₹5 lakh.
In two separate fire incidents last week, large-scale damages were caused to property in the state.
In the first incident, four houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Tiun village in Kullu district on November 23 evening, causing a loss of around ₹80 lakh, PTI reported.
In the second incident, around 10 quarters inside a National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) colony at Surangani in Chamba district were gutted in a fire on the same night.
The fire triggered by a short circuit quickly spread to the quarters, causing large-scale damages to property, they said.
With inputs from PTI
#WATCH | Kullu, HP: Visuals of ongoing fire in the forest division of Kullu for the last three day pic.twitter.com/hD70vyCOmz
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Conservator of the Kullu Circle Forest Department, Sandeep Sharma told media around 50 hectares of land with dry grass have been burned in the last two weeks, resulting in a financial loss of approximately ₹5 lakh.
In two separate fire incidents last week, large-scale damages were caused to property in the state.
In the first incident, four houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Tiun village in Kullu district on November 23 evening, causing a loss of around ₹80 lakh, PTI reported.
In the second incident, around 10 quarters inside a National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) colony at Surangani in Chamba district were gutted in a fire on the same night.
The fire triggered by a short circuit quickly spread to the quarters, causing large-scale damages to property, they said.
With inputs from PTI
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