With a sudden rise in the temperature on February, there has been an unprecedented forest fires in central and eastern Indian states, including Odisha. It is also believed that the first must have probably started by people lighting up the dry leaves to clear the forest bed.NASA Satellite images indicate that the fires have spread during the last 24 hour.The fire has spread in 8 of the 21 forest ranges of Simlipal, and left 94 species of orchids, 55 species of mammals, 304 species of birds, 60 species of reptiles, 21 species of amphibians, 38 species of fish and 164 species of butterflies in danger.
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