A wildfire was reported in Karadimatti and Kucchalu Reserve Forest of Thirthahalli Taluk of Karnataka on Monday. Forest officials doused and quenched the fire with villagers. The fire spread over an-area of 50-acres. The district lies in Western Ghats region, moreover, forest-type is moist deciduous is vulnerable during summer. Reportedly, hundreds-of-acres of forest-area have been destroyed in fire which has spread to core-area also.

A Northern California sheriff says two more sets of human remains were found Monday, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 79. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says the list of names of those unaccounted for after a deadly wildfire has dropped to around 700. He says that's about 300 fewer than what was posted at the start of Monday.

Two incredibly devastating wildfires are raging across California, already killing at least 31 people, displacing over 250,000 residents and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. The town of Paradise in Butte County has been virtually reduced to ashes by what's called the Camp Fire. At least 29 people have died there, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state's history in over 85 years.