Tamil Nadu Fire: Parts of a forest area near Kodaikanal hills in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district caught fire on Thursday. The blaze was reported on the Perimalmalai Peak.
The Kodaikanal hills fire, which initially started around Thursday midnight in the Manjur forest area, has spread to Mayiladum Parai and Kurusadi forest area since Friday morning.
The 40-second video shows a substantial area of the forest on fire with billows of smoke filling the air over it. Forest personnel have been deployed to bring the fire under control as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, demands to deploy helicopters to doze the fire off has been put forward by activists so as to save the wild animals in the forest area.
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Army Chopper Crashes Near Line of Control in North Kashmir
A chopper crashed in the Tulail area of Gurez in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday afternoon, officials said. Army Chopper Crashes Near Line of Control in North Kashmir.
The official said the Army chopper crashed in the Gujran Nallah area in the Gurez Valley, following which a rescue operation was launched immediately. They, however, said the fate of the pilot and the co-pilot was being ascertained.
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