Sariska Tiger Reserve not fire-prone, but burned despite early warnings - The Indian Express

At six past two on Sunday afternoon, Rajasthan forest officers received two fire alerts on their mobile phones and emails from the Forest Survey of India (FSI), thanks to a NASA-ISRO-FSI collaboration on satellite data. These were no routine alerts.

The fire raging inside Sariska Tiger Reserve for around 72 hours was brought mostly under control by Wednesday afternoon. While the cause is still unknown, what remains a worry is the way the fire sp… [+3577 chars]

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