Fire destroys vast forest area in Haripur
Wildfire has destroyed a vast area of forest and is feared to have killed scores of birds and animals in the hilly range of Koh-i-Gandgar in the Ghazi tehsil near the Tarbela Dam. The fire broke out on Saturday night in the forest area of the Kotehra Union Council in the Tarchiti village and spread up to the hilly range of the Baghdara village due to winds, destroying different species of trees at an area of about 300 kanals, eyewitnesses and forest officials said.