Major forest fires at multiple locations at Goa, including fire at Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Morlem and Cortalim, were reported by civil authorities. On a request by the District Administration, the Indian Navy deployed its assets to contain the fire. A Dornier was flown on 07 Mar 23 to survey the area and localise the fire. Fire fighting equipment were then flown in from Naval Units based at Kochi and Mumbai and multiple sorties for fighting fire were undertaken by Seaking aircraft of the Navy.