Forest fire engulfs 400 hectares in Amreli
Forest fire engulfs 400 hectares in Amreli
18 February 2009
published by www.timesnow.tv
India — Its been 18 hours since a fire was reported yesterday (February 17) at around 1 pm in the Gir forest area of Amreli. Which is about 250 kilometers from Ahmedabad.
400 hectares of forest have been burnt down but there has been no reports of any human or animal casualties. The forest dept is trying to bring the fire under control.
They said that over 400 hectares of forest region, which houses deer, leopard and lions, was affected due to the fire. But there has been no reports of any human or animal casualties.
Fire in most of the area is under control, but the we are taking every precaution to stop the spread of the fire, the forest officials said.
However, there have been no reports of death or injury to any wildlife from the forest area, officials said.
Meanwhile, the leopard was caught from the Kangsa village of Dhari taluka of the district today, forest officials said.
They said that the leopard had ventured into the village insearch of food from the nearby forest region.
It was caught using a bait and will be released into the wild soon, forest official said.
(With inputs from Agencies)
