A 65-year-old woman, Savitri Devi, died on Sunday, May 5, while trying to douse a forest fire that reached her farm in a village in Uttarakhand's Pauri tehsil. She was admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh after sustaining burn injuries and died soon after., India News - Times Now
As per the latest FSI data of Sunday, the prevailing fire in Nainital district has spread to neighbouring districts, including Almora, Tehri Garhwal, Bageshwar, Champawat and southern Pithoragarh, damaging over 30 acres of forests.