Indian Air Force Battles Uttarakhand Forest Blaze, 75 New Fires Reported Indian Air Force Battles Uttarakhand Forest Blaze, 75 New Fires Reported MI-17 helicopters moved to the forest division of Tehri district to control the fires by spraying water collected from Shri Kot dam in buckets with a capacity of 5,000 litres, officials said.
The MI-17 choppers conducted firefighting ops that lasted three-and-a-half hours (Representational)
Dehradun:
Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters doused forest fires at three places in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, even as more broke out at 75 new spots, destroying 105.85 hectares of green cover in the state, officials said.
IAF MI-17 helicopters moved to the Kirti Nagar forest division of Tehri district to control the fires by spraying water collected from Shri Kot dam in buckets with a capacity of 5,000 litres, they said.