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Unpredictable Weather and Dry Spell Ignite Forest Fires in Kashmir

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Unpredictable Weather and Dry Spell Ignite Forest Fires in Kashmir

Prolonged Dry Spell: Forest fire breaks out at multiple places in Kashmir The massive forest fire erupted at multiple places across the Valley on Sunday while as the experts here have attributed the rise in forest fire incidents to both climatic factors and human negligence. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a massive fire broke out in Tral forests. He said that a forest fire broke out in Pinglish area of Tral area and has spread to other areas as well. Another official told KNO that forest…

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Devastating Fire on Dal Lake Claims Three Lives, Damages Five Houseboats

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Devastating Fire on Dal Lake Claims Three Lives, Damages Five Houseboats

Three tourists from Bangladesh were charred to death in a major blaze in a houseboat on the famous Dal Lake on Saturday, officials here said. The tourists’ bodies were retrieved from the debris of the gutted houseboats near ‘Ghat 9’ on the lake, a popular attraction for people visiting Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, the officials said. A police spokesman said the three tourists who lost their lives are Anindaya Kowshal, Mohammad Moinud and a third person identified as one Das Gupta—all from Bangladesh. They were staying on the houseboat Safeena,…

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