Peerumedu: 50 acres of pine forests near Thottappura which belongs to the Forest Department were destroyed in a fire on Thursday morning.
Two fire force units from Peerumedu and one from Kanjirappally worked incessantly for five and half hours under leading fireman V.S Anil Kumar to extinguish the fire by evening. The fire spread to a nearby house and an unused building of the PWD but these were saved.
Auctioned pine trees which were cut into logs and kept in the forest were also destroyed. Anti-social elements are suspected to be behind the fire while the strong winds blowing continuously in the region remain a concern.
