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Fire breaks out in Niaka, Panjgrain and Ghambir Mughlan forests of J-K
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 17 (ANI): A massive fire broke out in the Niaka, Panjgrain and Ghambir Mughlan forest areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday late night.
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Forest fires rage in Dhauladhar mountain range near HP's Dharamshala
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 11 (ANI): Forest fires are raging in the Dhauladhar mountain range of Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala for the past three-four days, but fire fighters are finding it difficult to reach the sites at high altitudes.
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Colombian defence minister blames former FARC members for Amazon forest fi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano claimed that former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) set fire to the country's Amazon rainforests to clear areas for extensive stockbreeding and coca production.
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Study finds forest fires linked to low birth weight in newborns
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): According to a new study, women exposed to smoke from landscape fires during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to babies with low or very low birth weights.
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Forest fires linked to low birth weight in newborns, says study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI): Women exposed to smoke from landscape fires during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to babies with low or very low birth weights, according to a new study.
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Israel to send help to fight wildfires in Greece
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel intends to send three planes to help Greece extinguish forest fires in addition to 15 Israeli firefighters who are already assisting the efforts, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told his Greek counterpart.
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Turkey's death toll from wildfires rises to 8
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] August 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the wildfires in Turkey has increased to eight, while the number of injured now stands at 864, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Sunday.
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Person suspected of starting forest fires in Turkey arrested
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] August 1 (ANI): President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said that Turkey has arrested a person allegedly responsible for starting the ongoing forest fires in the country.
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New NASA Earth System Observatory to help address, mitigate climate change
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): NASA will design a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes, the US space agency on said Monday.
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PM Modi speaks to CM Zoramthanga, extends all possible support to Mizoram
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and took stock of the situation arising due to forest fires in several parts of the state.
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Uttarakhand forest fire: CM calls emergency meeting, Shah assures help
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 4 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday called an emergency meeting over the forest fires in the state.
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Forest fires contained and controlled in Odisha
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 15 (ANI): The Odisha government on Sunday claimed that the forest fire situation in the state is "totally contained and controlled".
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