A major fire that broke out in the forest near Digma village gutted over 1,000 trees and reduced to ashes a huge stretch of the tendu plantation as well before it was put off by the villagers here on Monday.
According to delayed reports reaching here, a spark in power line in the locality led to the fire and a huge stretch of land was reduced to ashes . The villagers, however, controlled the fire with the help of sand after over one-and-half hour’s struggle.
Meanwhile, the fire engines also reached the spot and helped the villagers to douse the fire. The fire was first spotted at 10.30 am.