Forest fire at Langtang National Park forest yet to come under control

Rasuwa- A wildfire that has engulfed the forest of the Langtang National Park is yet to be doused.

The fire had spread on Saturday noon at Grahngpakha forest located in the north of Kalika Rural Municipality-1 in the district.

Hundreds of hectares of forested land have been destroyed in the blaze, local said.

However, exact details of the loss are yet to be ascertained.

Chief conservation officer at the national park, Sushma Rana said a team of Nepali Army, employees of the national park and local people had been mobilized to extinguish the fire.