The nearby forests and vegetation were on fire again. At least 1,313 large fires have ravaged the hills of Uttarakhand since November among the highest count in the country.
Residents say the frequency and intensity of the fires have worsened in recent years, and the fires are reaching closer to human settlements. The panicked residents quickly mobilised to beat down the fire.
It is not easy, you can't throw a bucket of water on a burning tree. Pine trees secrete resin used to make turpentine, highly flammable. Raking earth over the fire is necessary to starve it.
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