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The government of India publishes a biennial report called India state of forest report (ISFR). The ISFR report published in 2021 states unequivocally that the country has witnessed 345,989 forest fires between November 2020 and June 2021, an increase of 87,509 forest fires reported in the country during the same time in the year 2018-2019. This is the second-highest report of forest fire in the country. Similarly, there were 136,604 fire points in the country from January 1 to March 31, 2022. The ISFR (2021) Report further states that the total forest cover has gone up by 0.48% between 2013 and 2021 but the rate of forest fire also went up astronomically to the tune of 186% in the same period.A comprehensive study on forest fire reveals that out of the total 764districts in India; more than 30% of districts are susceptible to extreme forest fire, which also, are home to 275 million people. The states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, and the north-eastern region (NER) states except Sikkim are prone to high-intensity forest fire. The Northeast cluster of forest has a maximum area of forest constituting 55% of all the four clusters in India but it accounts for only 16% of the burnt forest area. The central area, which constitutes 28% area of the forest cover but 56% of it, is burnt because of forest fires. In the Northeast, fires tend to concentrate in a smaller area that is subject to repeated burns whereas in Central and Southern India, they are more expansive.