{"id":38102,"date":"2024-05-31T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=38102"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:01:09","slug":"three-suspects-arrested-for-igniting-margalla-hills-fires-as-dousing-efforts-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad\/three-suspects-arrested-for-igniting-margalla-hills-fires-as-dousing-efforts-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Three suspects arrested for igniting Margalla Hills fires as dousing efforts underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Islamabad District Administration has arrested three suspects involved in the igniting wildfire in the Margalla Hills on Friday and 15 cases have been filed over recent incidents of fire in the federal capital&#8217;s lush green hills.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the development on social media platform X, <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa said that t<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">hree individuals have been arrested and 15 FIRs have been lodged regarding the recent fires at Margalla Hills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;<\/span>We will ensure all those responsible are held accountable. We are committed to protect our beautiful hills at any cost,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Three individuals have been arrested and 15 FIRs have been lodged regarding the recent fires at Margalla Hills. We will ensure all those responsible are held accountable. We are committed to protect our beautiful hills at any cost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DK4M6SwCfM\">pic.twitter.com\/DK4M6SwCfM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Muhammad Ali Randhawa (@RandhawaAli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandhawaAli\/status\/1796495948228776215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Islamabad\u2019s Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon also confirmed the arrest of the three suspects on Friday afternoon as the firefighters continued to douse the flames.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree people have been arrested on suspicion of starting fires in the hills,\u201d he continued. \u201cFirefighters and helicopters are participating in the firefighting efforts. Precautionary measures have been taken to keep the fire contained away from residential areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore arrests are expected in the coming days concerning the fires on the hills,\u201d he added. \u201cCitizens are requested to help identify those involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Earlier today, the CDA had said more than 80 firefighters were engaged in efforts to control a fire at the renowned hills. &#8220;They have encircled the fire from sides, controlled it from sides, and now the efforts are concentrated on the center point.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More than 80 firefighters are on site. They have encircled the fire from sides, controlled it from sides and now the efforts are concentrated on centre point. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yDplpJlxLX\">https:\/\/t.co\/yDplpJlxLX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Office of the Chairman CDA, Islamabad. (@CDAthecapital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDAthecapital\/status\/1796470254669041973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Margalla Hills National Park has experienced bushfires relatively often in recent days attributed to the extreme heat wave after temperatures soared to 41 degrees Celsius in the federal capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Islamabad District Administration has arrested three suspects involved in the igniting wildfire in the Margalla Hills on Friday and 15 cases have been filed over recent incidents of fire in the federal capital&#8217;s lush green hills. Confirming the development on social media platform X, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa said that three individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":38112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14809,2],"tags":[3777,11702,17842],"class_list":["post-38102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-pakistan","tag-margalla-hills-national-park","tag-margalla-hills-fire","tag-three-suspect-arrested-for-margalla-hills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}