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Odisha Is Burning: Forest Fires Continue to Rage in Similipal National Park

The Weather Channel · last updated
On Friday, March 5, the Forest Survey of India (FSI) recorded 233 active large forest fire events within Odisha. Overall, the combined number of large forest fires detected across Odisha on Friday accounted for 1/4th of the total large forest fire events recorded across the country on the day. Advertisement Meanwhile, no fire-related casualties have been reported from the affected areas so far, although the fires seem to have wreaked destruction in about 30 reserve forests within the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary. Considered Asia’s second-largest biosphere reserve, Similipal covers an area of 2,750 sq. While forest fires tend to be a common occurrence in Similipal, the latest fire event is unprecedented in terms of its intensity.
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