Huge Fire In Sariska Tiger Reserve "Almost Under Control": Officials
NDTV
Sariska Forest Reserve Fire: Four adult tigers and five cubs move around the area where the fire broke out. But officials said no tiger is stuck in the area.
Fire fighting operations in Sariska Tiger Reserve resumed Wednesday morning with two Indian Air Force helicopters, disaster relief personnel and local people pitching in to beat back the flames.
A forest official said the situation, developing since Sunday, was now “almost under control” in areas with thick easy-burning dry grass. But in the morning, flames still raged across a swathe of four or five square kilometres.
At one time, however, the wildfire had spread over 10 sq km.
“The fire did not spread much last night and has been brought under control by over 50 percent as compared to yesterday,” an official said on Wednesday.
