Districts of Lumbini province are caught unprepared by wildfires every year

Lack of coordination and shifting of the blame between authorities have resulted in a slipshod approach to wildfires.

A 13-year-old boy and a 55-year-old man succumbed to burn injuries they sustained while attempting to control a forest fire in Bardabas forest in Gulmi last week. One man sustained critical injuries in the same incident.