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A wood occurrence continued to rage wrong Sikkim's Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary on the Indo-China borderline astatine an altitude of 13,000 feet for the past 2 days, wood officials said connected Thursday (January 22, 2026).
The fire, which broke retired connected January 20, has already affected astir 12 hectares of wood land, conservator of forests (Wildlife) Udai Gurung said. He said the occurrence remained uncontrolled owed to steep terrain, beardown winds and restricted entree successful Army zones.
The authoritative said prolonged adust upwind and deficiency of snowfall had worsened the situation.
Teams from the occurrence and departments, Army and section volunteers were connected the ground, helium added.
The authoritative said determination was nary nonaccomplishment of beingness oregon spot truthful acold arsenic determination were nary houses, service bunkers oregon barracks successful the area.
On January 18, a wood occurrence astatine Thambi Dara adjacent Nathula was contained wrong a time of operations.
