Overview
- Kohima’s deputy commissioner formed a special team led by SDO Imliakum to coordinate a multi‑agency response that includes police, home guards, forest officials, DDMA, fire services and the Western Angami Youth Organisation.
- Trekking has been suspended as a precaution, with the Southern Angami Youth Organisation closing routes over concerns the blaze could move toward the southern valley.
- Rescue teams and volunteers from Khonoma and the Western Angami Youth Organisation assisted operations, and a base camp was set up in Khonoma.
- Strong winds and poor road and mobile connectivity stalled drone surveillance and delayed a full ground assessment on Friday, officials at the base camp said.
- A preliminary probe into the cause is under way, and officials noted past fires in 2015 and 2020 that damaged roughly 8–10 sq km and previously required Indian Air Force support.