Watch video: Forest fire breaks in Rajouri, Jammu Kashmir

A forest fire broke out in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday evening. This is the second incident of this year where forest fire in the Rajouri district has destroyed trees

A forest fire broke out in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday evening. This is the second incident of this year where forest fire in the Rajouri district has destroyed trees.

#WATCH: Forest fire breaks out in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, efforts on to douse the fire.https://t.co/QKdxkuFOh0

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 5, 2016

In a statement, the Environment ministry said that in the past few month, fires have broken out in more than 1200 places and more than 1900 hectares of forest have been affected.

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