AIZAWL: Barely days after the
forest fire in Lunglei district was extinguished, a massive forest fire, which originated from South Lungpher South, a small village near the
Myanmar
border Lawngtlai district in southern
Mizoram, engulfed the ‘Phawngpui tlang’ since early Thursday morning.
Desperate attempts by volunteers from nearby villages and employees of the
state environment
, forests and climate change department on Thursday helped reduce the impending massive destruction, but the
fire
resurfaced in several places.
A single attempt to douse the fire by an
Indian Air Force helicopter using a Bambi bucket did not help much, a local village leader said, adding that volunteers, who spent the Wednesday night began their efforts to extinguish the fire again from Thursday evening.
Lawngtlai district experienced heavy rainfall on Thursday, but it was not immediately known if it helped bring the fire under control.
The mountain — the highest in the state— is 7,077-feet high and is home to a variety of flora and fauna.
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