GALESHWOR, April 24 -- Myagdi district has suffered large scale damage in forest fire among 11 districts of Gandaki province.

According to the Division Forest Office, around 700 hectares of forest area of the district has been ruined in forest fires spanning 45 days.

Forest fires spread in 111 forests of all six local level governments in Myagdi from March first week to April last week. The forest fire ravaged 693 hectares of forest area in the district.

The Gandaki Province Forest Directorate also said that Myagdi had witnessed the damage of a larger section of forest among the 11 districts in the province.

Locals residing around the forest area said they were dreadful with the menacing expansion of forest fire. Tek Bahadur Pun, a lo...