Meanwhile, the administration claimed it was fully prepared to deal with fresh fires in case they break out anywhere in the state due to a change in the weather.
"Forest fires across the state have been completely extinguished and no fresh incident was reported from anywhere. Many places have been lashed by rain over the past couple of days including Dehradun, Nainital, Tehri and Almora, supplementing efforts being put in by different agencies to control the fires," Executive Director Disaster Mitigation Centre, Piyush Rautela said.
Almost all the places in Uttarakhand have received light to moderate rains since Tuesday evening.
Munsyari received 25 MM of rain today followed by Dehradun with 13 MM, besides Pantnagar and Mukteshwar each receiving 9 MM of rains, MeT department director Vikram Singh told PTI.
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The MeT department has forecast light rains tomorrow at many places above 3,500 metres, he said, adding showers will bring moisture in the forests and lead to a drop in temperaturewhich will prevent fresh incidents of fires.
Additional Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy said the rains have been of great help but the possibility of fresh fires breaking out is still there and the administration is fully prepared.
"Widow of the fire watcher who died in Pauri on Tuesday is being given a compensation of Rs 2 lakh by the forest department besides, Rs 4 lakh from SDRF and another Rs 2 lakh from the Governor's discretionary fund," he said.
A total of 11,773 personnel from different departments including NDRF, SDRF, police and forest guards are engaged in firefighting operations in the state.
Meanwhile, forest department has asked people to help in preventingforest fires and make their own contribution to environment conservation.
In an appeal, the department said it was making efforts to control forest fires in the state but requests the "enlightened" people of the state to make their own contribution to saving the environment by preventing forest fires by taking necessary precaution.