Porbandar, January 7: A fire broke out in a forest in Ratnapur village of Porbandar here on Tuesday evening, a senior official said.
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Municipal fire teams deployed quickly to combat forest fire
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Indian Navy provided additional firefighting support
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Extensive two-hour operation to control the blaze
Three fire tenders from Porbandar municipality reached the fire site. Additionally, the Indian Navy also provided two fire tenders to douse the blaze, Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate S A Jadav said.
"We received information about the fire in Ratanpar village of Porbandar. When local administration came to know about it, 3 fire tenders of Porbandar Municipality were made available here.
Firefighting operations are going on for the last 2 hours. Indian Navy has also sent 2 fire tenders here," Jadav said.
