Bushfires destroy around 450 hectares of forest area in Baglung

BAGLUNG, April 22: With the onset of the dry season, wildfires have been rampant in the Baglung district. Bushfires have engulfed five national and 17 community forests destroying around 450 hectares of forest area and they continue, according to the division forest office, Baglung.

A wildfire broke out at the Chhahara Mathure forest in Tamankhola Rural Municipality in the district on February 1 burning down 200 hectares of forest land.