Fire erupts in Islamabad's Margalla Hills, hiking trails temporarily closed: district admin

ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out on Monday in the capital’s Margalla Hills near the F-5 sector, the district administration said. A contingent of firefighters reached the site to extinguish the blaze, alongside local residents, the district administration said in a statement, adding that the blaze would “soon be brought under control”. “As a result of the fire, all hiking trails in the Margalla Hills were temporarily closed,” the statement added. Spread over 12,605 hectares, the Margalla Hills Nat...

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