Raging wildfires claim 5 lives in 3 days in Uttarakhand, sweep through Almora temple; affect flights

Raging fires in several forest ranges of Uttarakhand have claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman — the fifh casualty in the past three days — even as the Adi Kailash helicopter darshan service, which began last month, has been suspended for the second day in a row. Flight arrivals at the Naini-Saini airport in Pithoragarh have been stopped due to low visibility in fire-induced haze.