Doti–A 35-year-old woman died in Doti district after severely burnt while trying to put out the fire that caught a forest nearby her village.
The deceased has been identified as Durga Devi Shahu of Sunikhola at Jorayal Rural Municipality-3 in the district, according to the Distract Police Office, Doti.
Shahu died on the way to hospital. Various forests in Doti have caught fire for a monthly.
Efforts were made to douse the fire but to no avail, according to the Division Forest Office, Doti.
Forest Officer Suresh Chandra DC at the Division Forest Office, Doti, said that as many as 780 hectare of forest was destroyed by the fire.
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