Rescue 1122 doused 400 fires last week

Rescue 1122’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chapter provided emergency services in 400 incidents of fire during the last week and doused the blaze erupted in different forests and hilly terrains of the province.

According to a statement issued on Wednesday, from June 1 to 7, Rescue 1122 coped with forest and mountain fire in 25 districts of the province.

148 forest fires were reported in Abbotabad district followed by 81 in Buner, 50 in Manshera, 34 in Swat, 17 in Hangu, 11 in Lower Dir, 11 in Shangla, 15 in Mohmand, and 13 in Haripur.

Some incidents were also reported in other districts, the statement added. It further said rescue firefighters had to travel on foot for several hours to reach the site of the blaze and extinguish it.