A significant wildfire erupted in the forest vicinity near Dera ki Gali in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, early Sunday. The Indian Army, in collaboration with security agencies, successfully managed to extinguish the fire, preventing potential harm to lives and infrastructure.
“Prompt and speedy response of #IndianArmy saved many lives and infrastructure, when massive forest fire broke near DeraKiGali and endangered Civil and Army Infrastructure.
With coordinated and synergistic efforts of civ agencies and security forces fire was brought under control in #DeraKiGali,” PRO (Public Relations Officer) Defence Jammu said in a post on ‘X’.
The PRO Defence also shared a short video clip of the operation in which defence personnel were seen engaged in dousing the flames.
Earlier in December, a massive fire broke out in the Patlikuhal forest area of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh, destroying forest wealth worth crores of rupees. Large flames of fire were seen erupting out of the forest area.
