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In the Himalayan district of Manang, this time is the time when not only the hills are covered with snow, but also the villages. The forest above Chame rural municipality-1, Timang, which was whitened by snow in the past year, has now turned black due to burning.
During the snowfall, even Dankyu (2200 m) of lower Manang was covered with snow during the snowfall, Timang village (2650 m) was setamye and affected the movement of people.
The forest above and the leaves of the forest trees were completely covered with snow. The hills were covered with snow and looked like mountains. This time, even in early February, it did not snow.
'Pohar-Parar is covered with snow now it is covered with fire. Now there is cold in the place where the clean air is flowing,' Khadga Bahadur Gurung, the ward chairman of Chame rural municipality-1 said, 'It did not snow this year. There has been a fire during the snowfall.'
According to him, there has been a fire in the forest since the 19th of January. Although the normal snow and rain that fell a few days ago extinguished most of the fires, they were not able to extinguish them completely. We have been going and extinguishing it day by day. How to put out fires where people cannot go? There is still fire in the hills and valleys. Even snow and rain could not put it out,' he said.
This forest falls within the protected area of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP). The head of Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) Manang, Dhak Bahadur Bhujel, said that the fire that spread in the area with a height of more than 3 thousand meters destroyed trees, herbs, nests and habitats of birds.
There is still fire in the forest. It has not been fully controlled. If there is snow and rain and no wind, the fire will probably be extinguished in a few days. "There is still fire in the big trees," he said. At this time, this forest was covered with snow. Now even the place where there is snow around is black," he said.
According to him, the most water in Manang falls in this area. This is also the area where more snow accumulates during snowfall. According to him, 3 weeks ago, the fire that broke out near Gherang Village, Nason Rural Municipality-1, extinguished itself in 4-5 days. According to DSP Naresh Kumar Singh of District Police Office Manang, there is no problem in the settlement from Dahelo. He said that the fire was extinguished by using 'water bag and sprayer'. We have reached a place where people can go and meet. We have tried to stop the fire by drawing fire lines,' he said.
According to Chief District Officer Matrika Acharya, Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police, Forest and ACAP personnel have been trying to put out the fire since the day the fire started.
A few days ago, it snowed lightly and rained. Couldn't extinguish it completely. Now the fire is somewhat under control. There is still fire in the big trees in the hills and hills. If there is a lot of wind, there is a risk of spreading. However, it is much less than before," he said. He estimated that the fire spread over an area of 12 hectares in a period of about 2 weeks.
