About 18,000 hectares of forest area was burnt last year.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/telangana-higher-fire-risk-zones-worry-forest-officials
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-telangana
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/telangana
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nasa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires