Overview
- A blaze that started near the F-5 sector prompted a multi-team response of local firefighters and residents and was brought under control before moving into a cooling phase.
- All hiking trails in Margalla Hills National Park have been temporarily closed to protect visitors and to allow crews to monitor and extinguish remaining hotspots.
- The district administration reported no official losses so far and said firefighting teams contained the fire across multiple points despite windy conditions.
- Officials activated the pre-season plan agreed in March that puts the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board, the Capital Development Authority and the district together for prevention and increased hill pickets.
- Margalla Hills National Park covers about 12,605 hectares and routinely faces summer fires, a pattern that officials say the new coordinated monitoring and extra pickets are meant to address.