The bamboo jungle at Baudakhatta in the Dauli range of Terai east forest division was hit by a conflagration on the weekend.
Two fire tenders from the fire service department and about seven dozen employees of the forest department struggled for about three hours to bring the fire under control.
The Terai east divisional forest officer Nitish Mani Tripathi said that an area a little less than one hectare at Baudikhatta had been alloted to the Uttarakhand forest development corporation for lopping the bamboo but the corporation could not do the said task.
On Saturday afternoon the bamboo growth was engulfed in a conflagration which caused much panic among the department staff and others in the area.
The forest ranger RP Joshi informed his seniors about the fire which brought the required resources and personnel to bring the fire under control.
Sources also informed that the fire also burn the hut of a fire watcher causing the deaths of two calves and one dog.
Fire watcher Balam Singh had gone to extinguish the fire in the woods and after he returned home he found that his residence, two calves, one dog, ` 20,000 cash, ration, clothing and other household items had been destroyed by fire.