Priyanka, a tourist said, "We come here every year to enjoy the weather but as compared to last year it is warmer here due to the
forest fire. The smoke is creating trouble in breathing.
Five EU Member States, often affected by
forest fires in recent years, have already made available their aircraft and helicopters for the transitional fleet of the rescEU for 2019.
Around 151
forest fires that affected over 20,880 hectares of forests were reported in 2018, up from 64
forest fires in 2017 that damaged more than 13,509 hectares forest.
Five Philex forestry workers perished in the 21-hour
forest fire.
He appreciated IUCN and the Sustainable Forest Management project of MoCC and GEF-UNDP in making it possible for the staff to get this training and the most needed
Forest Fire Control Centre.
Since 1937, more than 68,000
forest fires have been recorded in Turkey.
They said that they would not spare any person involved in
forest fire and bring him before the court.
Dehradun: Soaring temperatures in Uttarakhand reignited
forest fires in the hill state on Wednesday, with nearly 180 hectares of green cover gutted in the fresh fire incidents in Uttarkashi district.
"The
forest fire in Uttarakhand will be completely doused in two days," Javadekar tweeted.
Canadian oil company Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) said on Monday that it has safely evacuated all staff from its Foster Creek oil sands and Athabasca natural gas operations and shut down production as a precaution due to a
forest fire on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR) in northeastern Alberta.
However, all actors agree that the most effective way to handle
forest fire issues is at the community level.