Authorities continued efforts on Saturday to douse a fire that broke out in a cow shed in the Gajsinghpur area of the Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan last night.
Upon receiving the information, the police administration along with several fire tenders reached the spot and the operation to douse the fire.
There were approximately 600 cows in the cow shed and all of them have been evacuated to safer places, officials said.
The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. Banwari Lal Chaudhary, Tehsildar of Gajsinghpur said, “The fire broke out at night. As soon as the incident occurred, the police team with fire tender immediately reached to the spot. All the cows were evacuated and sent to the safer places.”
He said, “We hope that the fire will be doused by the evening of Saturday. Investigations are underway as the reason for the fire is still unknown.”
Due to the soaring temperatures and intense heatwaves, various cases of fire have been reported from different parts of the country.
There were three fire incidents reported today.
A parked ambulance at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College caught fire today, while a building in Mumbai’s Tardeo neighborhood caught fire early on Saturday.
Additionally, there was a fire near Bilaspur in the Dingu Forest of Himachal Pradesh. The precise cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
According to government data, Himachal Pradesh has had 1,033 forest fire occurrences since the start of the summer, burning approximately 9,500 hectares of land in the last 44 days alone.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has taken a suo moto notice of the forest fire occurrences that have occurred in the state.
Nearly 25 forest areas are still under the grip of forest fire, the department is initiating measures to control the incidents.
