Toll in Kurangani forest fire in Theni district rises to 18
On March 19, Chief Minister K Palaniswami told the state Assembly that a forester was suspended and a case registered against a local man, G Ranjithkumar, for leading the trekkers through the reserve forest.
Mar 22, 2018, 18:11 PM ISTWatch: IAF chopper douses fire in Tamil Nadu’s Kurangani hills
The massive fire in Kurangani hills in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district has claimed at least nine lives. Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharam confirmed earlier on Monday that the fire had been doused. Apart from other agencies, the Indian Air Force was also deployed to battle the raging fire in the forest.
Mar 12, 2018, 19:45 PM ISTTamil Nadu: Kurangani hills forest fire doused, death toll reaches 9
The massive forest fire in Kurangani hills of Tamil Nadu's Theni district, that claimed 9 lives, has now been doused, informed Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday.
Mar 12, 2018, 12:03 PM IST