The fire that has been raging for five days in the Himalayan forest of Gourishankar Rural Municipality-7 above Sikpaswar under Gaurishankar Conservation Area has gone out of control. The forest of Nigalo, which is the habitat of red pandas, has been completely burnt by the fire. Locals are panicked after the fire went out of control.

Kumar Gurung, president of the Gourishankar Conservation Area Management Local Committee Marvu, said that the fire spread from the height of 3,000 meters in the thick forests and thickets of Salke. "We tried hard to control the fire, but we could not go to that area," he said, "it has spread and gone out of control." He said that the smoke of the fire has settled in the settlements. The smoke of the fire has covered the Rolwaling snow range along with the Gaurishankar Himal and the villages in the north . "The dense forest of Nigalo, which is the habitat of red pandas, has been destroyed by the fire," he said, "The fire is falling down, spreading uncontrollably in the Khasru forest." Tulsi Prasad Dahal, head of conservation area, said that even though more teams were sent to the area to control the fire, they were unable to control it due to geographical difficulties. "If the fire spreads at this rate, many parts of the conservation area will burn," he said, "We have asked for help from the administration, the forest and the forest have been destroyed by the fire." "Because it is much higher than the human settlements, it has become difficult to control it, two teams have not gone to control it," he said, "we have requested the district disaster management committee to control it." He said . As the fire spread in the upper area of ​​Bhotekoshi-2 Liping of Sindhupalchok could not be brought under control, its smoke has affected Bigu Rural Municipality-6 and 7 of Dolakha . Tulsi Thami, principal of Thampu Secondary School in Bigu-7 Alampu, said that the children studying in the school were affected due to the smoke.