Watch: IAF team sprays water to douse Uttarakhand forest fire

An IAF Mi 17 chopper today flew several sorties in Nainital district sprinkling water lifted from a lake to douse the raging forest fires that have destroyed vast swathes of forested land across Uttarakhand.

The chopper has collected water from Shrinagar dam but will make a sortie over areas where fires are active only when visibility improves. 

The Mi 17 chopper, which has a capacity to carry 3,000 litres of water, is collecting water from Bhimtal lake and making sorties over Almakhan, Kilbari and Nalena areas of Nainital district to douse the fires. 

Watch IAF team spraying water over forest area in Srinagar & Koteshwar:

WATCH: IAF team spraying water over forest area in Srinagar & Koteshwar as #UttarakhandForestFire continues to ragehttps://t.co/Bz0n0FvPpX

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#WATCH: #UttarakhandForestFire continues to rage, IAF team resumes fire fighting ops in Srinagar and Koteshwar areahttps://t.co/iQuRn0Gvn3

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