India’s Himalayan forest fires reach 113-year-old heritage train track
 

India’s Himalayan forest fires reach 113-year-old heritage train track
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The forest fires raging in India’s Himalayas came dangerously close to the historic Kalka-Shimla railway, a UNESCO World Heritage attraction in the **rthern state of Himachal Pradesh

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While major fires had been reported from the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand until **w, Himachal Pradesh too has witnessed blazes sweeping through the pine forests along its hills in the last few days. Over 550 fires have been reported from the state so far

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In this photograph taken Monday, May 2, 2016, a forest is seen on fire near the **rthern hill town of Shimla in Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

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