Forest fires raging for over 40 hours in Mizoram Apr 26, 2021 The fire is largely in uninhabited areas but has spread to 10 village councils within the forest and devastated wildlife 0 CLAPS true Massive forest fires have broken out in several parts of Mizoram damaging vast tracts of land and vegetation forcing chief minister Zoramthanga to seek central help, an official of the state disaster management and rehabilitation department said on Sunday. No human casualty has, however, been reported so far but detailed reports are yet to come in from the affected districts, the official said. Zoramthanga has requested Indian Air Force (IAF) for help and the IAF is deploying two helicopters to douse the blaze at Lunglei and surrounding areas, the defence ministry said. Lunglei is the worst affected and the state government will probe the cause of the forest fire as it is suspected to be man-made, the official said.