A forest fire was extinguished in the nick of time at Unit 16 of Aarey Milk Colony on Thursday due to the prompt actions of the forest department and volunteers.  Around 1.30 pm, the blaze was reported to forest department officials by volunteers Imran Udat and Wasim Athaniya. 

Athaniya said, “There are strong indications that some anti-social elements started the fire to deliberately eradicate biodiversity. It’s fortunate that firefighters from the forest department were able to douse the flames quickly before they spread and damaged a significant area of the forest. The forest department must check the region more frequently and harshly punish individuals who start fires.”