MANTHALI (RAMECHHAP), May 10: Forest fires broke out in 155 places of eight municipalities and rural municipalities in the district have destroyed almost 4,500 hectares of forest area in the past one month.

KATHMANDU, April 26: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Rabi Lamichhane, has said that there has not been any delay in providing relief to the people affected by forest fires and other fire incidents.

MYAGDI, April 12: Forest fires that broke out in more than 70 community forests in Myagdi district over the last one month have destroyed more than 2,000 hectares of forest area.

With the beginning of the dry season, Nepal is facing an alarming increase in forest fires. Myagdi district in western Nepal alone has reported at least 25 incidents of wildfire, with six of the eight wards in Annapurna Rural Municipality in the district being affected.

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Kathmandu Valley has continued to witness thick haze and smoke as pollutant particles have accumulated in the atmosphere due to forest fires in most of the districts of the country in recent days.

BRASILIA, Aug 24: Brazil has 44,000 troops stationed in its northern Amazon region that are available to combat forest fires and could send more from elsewhere in the country, the joint chief of staff for the country’s military said on Saturday.

MOSCOW, August 1: Russian officials say forest fires are spreading in remote areas of Siberia and the Far East that firefighters cannot reach.