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200 tourists saved from forest fire [1]

Udhagamandalam,
The fire had spread from Lampsrock and Dolphin Nose, around noon as tourists arrived in buses for sight- seeing in the Coonoor forest range
ABOUT 200 tourists who were caught in a forest fire near Coonoor have been rescued, official sources said on Monday.

The forest department has suspended tourism activities following the incident, the sources said.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2009
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Coonoor [3], Forest Fires [4], Tamil Nadu [5]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/200-tourists-saved-forest-fire
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coonoor
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu