Bagerhat, March 23 -- A new fire broke out in another part of the Sundarbans on Sunday just a few hours after fire fighters brought another fire under control in a different part of the forest.

The Forest Department noticed a blaze in the dense forest area of Shaplar Bil, near the 23 Sher Siler of Dhansagar Patrol Post in the Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans East Division in Bagerhat district.

Dipen Chandra Das, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) for the Chandpai Range in the Sundarbans East Division, said that after receiving news of the fire in the Shaplar Bil area, they first monitored it using a drone.

The fire was observed deep in the forest, prompting immediate action.

The team began cutting a fire lane, but despite their ef...