Somwarpet: Hundreds of acres of forest land of the Yedavanadu Reserve Forest were reduced to ashes recently. The Yedavanadu Reserve Forest is near Karekoppa in Somwarpet.
It is suspected that miscreants set fires at multiple spots in the forest.
Five teams of firefighters from Kushalnagar, Somwarpet and Madikeri were pressed into action. As there were multiple fires, the officials found it difficult to get the fire under control.
DCF Prabhakaran and other officials have reached the spot.