Srinagar: In an unprecedented move, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter has been pressed into service in Dal Lake to facilitate the ongoing firefighting operation launched to put off the massive ongoing blaze going in Hijwah village in Banihal of Ramban district.
Officials said that the move was ‘necessitated’ as the fire has already spread to larger area.
“Several structures have already got damaged in the massive inferno”, they said adding that the authorities are facing huge difficulties to bring the enraging flames under control.
“The helicopter has been deployed near Char Chinari, with ‘Bambi bucket’ attached to it to facilitate the ongoing firefighting operation” GNS, local news agency quoted officials as having said.
As reported earlier, at least eight houses were gutted in fire while over 35 others caught fire after a massive fire raged in hilly area in Hijwah village of Mahu Mangit area under the jurisdiction of police post Khari.