Wildfires

Wildfires - Nepal

Numerous small wildfires in Nepal have triggered dry landslides in many places on the Dipayal-Dadheldhura road section of KI Singh Highway, posing a threat to vehicles using the route.

Acting Forest Officer Laxmi Joshi deplored the local practice of setting fire to the forest and said, “While in many cases it’s the locals who do this to let new grass grow and the hunters, intent on poaching wildlife there, in other cases such wildfires are caused by the negligence of smokers.”