Bandipore, Dec. 2 -- Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Bandipore, Waseem Farooq Mir, stated that the forest fire was brought under control by collective efforts of the Forest Department, Forest Protection Force, Indian Army, the District Administration's Disaster Management Wing, and the rest of the Gurez District Administration. The forest officials are currently estimating the damage.

"In the past few days, we've had 4-5 minor forest fire incidents. There was only one major fire near the LoC in Gurez. We brought it under control yesterday evening through joint efforts by the Forest Department, Forest Protection Force, Indian Army, the District Administration's Disaster Management Wing, and the rest of the Gurez District Administration...