A fact from 2016 Uttarakhand forest fires appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the 2016 Uttarakhand forest fires affected about 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres) in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, claiming seven fatalities?
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