From the end of May to mid June 2022, more than 200 forest fires in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa damaged 14,430 acres of forests and pastures.[1] While 402 incidents of forest fires were reported in one month. The highest number of 129 forest fires was reported in Abbottabad District. According to the report, forest fires broke out at 55 places in Mansehra District, 29 in Lakki Marwat District, 39 in Dera Ismail Khan District and 24 in Swat District.[2][3][4]
| 2022 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wildfires | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | May 2022 – June 2022 |
| Location | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 14,430 acres |
| Land use | Forests and pastures |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 4 |
Haripur wildfire
editOn 16 May 2022, hundreds of acres of forest trees were uprooted and hundreds of large trees and shrubs were reduced to ashes in 70% of the forest area, in the hilly area of Makniyal in the Khanpur Tehsil of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[5][6][7]
Shangla District wildfire
editOn 4 June 2022, a forest fire broke out in Ali Jan Capri area of Chakesar, a remote area of Shangla District, Pakistan, as a result of which a girl, two children and a woman were burnt to death while collecting firewood.[8][9][10]
Some people have also been injured and they have been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Chakesar. Rescue operation is still going on.[11]
References
edit- ^ Ashfaq, Mohammad (12 June 2022). "KP wildfires damage forests, pastures over 14,430 acres in fortnight, reveals report". Dawn. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "خیبرپختونخوا ,صرف1 ماہ میں جنگلات میں آگ لگنے کے 402 واقعات، تحقیقات شروع". Daily Pakistan (in Urdu). 9 June 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Human action causes 55 wildfires". The Express Tribune. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Wildfires in KP". The Nation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Wildfire destroyed hundreds of acres of forest land in Haripur".
- ^ "Wildfire destroys forest in Haripur as fire-fighters continue efforts". 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Wildfires ravage forests in Haripur, Mansehra". 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Four of a family killed as wildfire erupts in Shangla". 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Four of a family perish as wildfire breaks out in Shangla". 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Child among 4 of same family burnt in Shangla wildfire". 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Four dead in forest fire at Shangla district".