PESHAWAR
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) police sources have claimed that the forest fires that ignited some days back were possibly deliberate.
\nAccording to details, the KPK police made a shocking revelation regarding the forest fires in KPK in the past few weeks causing property and life losses. The forests were set ablaze to get relief package money from the government, the police claim.
\nAt least 12 people have been arrested for starting the fires, the forests were private and were set ablaze to claim monetary benefits from the government, the KPK forest department claims.
\nAccording to the police, four of the detained are from Abbottabad, four from Swat, 2 from Lower Dir, and two were from Khyber. The arrested will be persecuted under the forests act of KPK.
\nAccording to a forest department spokesperson, only three government-owned forests were set on fire. At least four people including three women were killed as fire erupted in Swat\u2019s mountainous forest, Chaksair on Saturday.
\nThe locals had said that fire broke out at four locations in the Swat mountains namely Brekot, Charbagh Kot, Kabal Segram and Chaksair. Officials had claimed that the wildfire started on the K-P site but due to strong winds, it spread to other areas, including Sherani and Musakhail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) police sources have claimed that the forest fires that ignited some days back were possibly deliberate. According to details, the KPK police made a shocking revelation regarding the forest fires in KPK in the past few weeks causing property and life losses. The forests were set ablaze to get relief package […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n