Forest fire watcher among 2 killed in separate Uttarakhand fire incidents: Official
Mussoorie, May 21 -- Two people, including a forest fire watcher, were killed in separate fire incidents in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal and Chamoli districts, officials said on Thursday.
A 50-year-old woman, Anju Devi, a resident of Pipola Saij village, was charred to death after a fire broke out near her agricultural field, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Diganth Nayak of the Narendranagar Forest Division said.
"She had gone to her agricultural land to cut grass when a sudden fire broke out in the field for reasons yet to be known. It is suspected that she inhaled toxic smoke, lost consciousness and collapsed in the flames," DFO Nayak said.
Her family members searched for her after she did not return home. They recovered her body arou...
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