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Fires destroy Uva forest cover, latest in Dunhinda forest
View(s):A fire broke out in the Dunhinda Forest Reserve, Badulla, last afternoon, police said.
The fire which spread across the forest close to the Dunhinda waterfalls, was put out in the evening, after the army, with assistance from the villagers, battled it for several hours.
Fires throughout the Uva Province have destroyed over a thousand acres of forest land this past month alone.
Pix by Palitha Ariyawansa
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