Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], A series of forest fires due to multiple factors have erupted in Nowshera sub-division of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Shweta Devaniya said on Friday, most of which Fires are man-made and in the rarest of rare cases, they occur naturally "We have 11 blocks in Nowshera division and we keep five fire watchers in each block. When any fire incident occurs, we are at that location. The only good thing is that these are ground fires and we try not to turn them into fires because crow fires are very difficult to control, we control ground fires with the equipment we have. can control natural fires, most of them man-made or anthropogenic,” Shweta Devaniya, DFO of forest division in Nowshera, told ANI. She also mentioned that people are smoking cigarettes and throwing their buds in the forest area, Which dries up during summer, this is also one of the reasons. I am increasing forest fires. Our whole area is full of pine trees which dries up at this time and people smoke cigarettes and throw its buds there. Let's give. Even a small spur takes a terrible form.I appeal to people to avoid forest areas, especially avoid using cigarettes and any other such thing.'' She said, ''We have 24 teams of the forest department. We are short of manpower every year we get a lot of retirements. So it is clear that there is shortage of staff,” the DFO said. Meanwhile, forest fires are still raging in Nowshera subdivision in Chingus and Sunderbani ranges as temperatures are rising in the region thus resulting in heat wave. The resulting smoke has seriously polluted the air, reducing visibility. posing health risks to residents and travelers alike.Local people, including those living near the forest, as well as small market vendors, hotel owners, shopkeepers and dhaba operators, are grappling with the adverse effects of the fire and the accompanying smoke.