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The forest fire in Srinagar in Pauri Garhwal reached the campus of Government Medical College in Shikot near Srinagar on Sunday. “The main cause of the fires was negligence on part of people who had lit a fire in or near the forest area. Till now, as per data collated by the forest department, there have been 707 cases of forest fire affecting 1146.51 hectares and resulting in loss of Rs 19.90 lakh. DEHRADUN/NAINITAL/HARIDWAR/UTTARKASHI: At least 57 small and big incidents of fires and 65 fire alerts were reported from forests across Uttarakhand in the past three days in both Garhwal and Kumaon divisions. He added that the economic loss due to fires on May 19 and 20 was estimated to be around Rs 3.5 lakh..