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Ravaging Himalayan forest fires worry scientists © Getty Images Forest fires in some parts of northern India have been the strongest in one and a half decades The lush-green mountains in the background usually make the famous Nainital lake in Uttarakhand state of northern India more picturesque. But for several weeks now haze from forest fires has hidden the mountains, and the lake s beauty has visibly shrunk. You can smell the haze from this side of the lake where I live, said Shekhar Pathak, an expert on the history of forests in the region. Not just the pine trees that are highly prone to fires, even the oak forests are burning and that means the situation is quite serious.

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