It's been 18 hours since a fire was reported yesterday at around 1 pm in the Gir forest area of Amreli, which is about 250 kilometers from Ahmedabad.
It's been 18 hours since a fire was reported yesterday at around 1 pm in the Gir forest area of Amreli, which is about 250 kilometers from Ahmedabad.
400 hectares of forest have been burnt down but there have been no reports of any human or animal casualties. The forest dept is trying to bring the fire under control.
They said that over 400 hectares of forest region, which houses deer, leopard and lions, was affected due to the fire.
"Fire in most of the area is under control, but we are taking every precaution to stop the spread of the fire," said forest officials.
Meanwhile, the leopard was caught from the Kangsa village of Dhari taluka of the district today. Officials said that the leopard had ventured into the village in search of food from the nearby forest region. It was caught using a bait and will be released into the wild soon, forest official said.
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