898 farm fires detected across eight Punjab districts in 24 hours

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LAHORE: As many as 898 farm fire anomalies were detected across eight districts, with 820 incidents attended and 823 fires reported as extinguished during the last 24 hours, according tothe consolidated district-wise monitoring dashboard of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Punjab, updated on Nov 14. Hafizabad has emerged as the largest hotspot, accounting for 430 farm fire anomalies, representing approximately 47.9pc of the provincial total. Of these, 381 have been attended and 381 fires extinguished, while 49 remain pending. The district has nine QRCs deployed, with an average of 47.8 detected anomalies per crew, indicating the highest operational pressure among the monitored districts. Sheikhupura…

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