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Holding flames back from Valley of Flowers

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January 15, 2026

IN Uttarakhand, the scene borders on the surreal: a fragile line of human resolve pitched against nature’s own fury.

- NARENDRA SETHI @Dehradun

In emerald valleys and high alpine meadows, a race against time is unfolding as firefighters and forest workers struggle to hold back a raging inferno, striving to keep its advancing flames from breaching the sanctum of the Valley of Flowers, where rare blooms and ancient ecosystems cling to a brief, luminous season of life.

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