What happened: According to a spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the Pakistan Army, FC personnel, and Pakistan Rangers have been called in to help extinguish a fire in Balochistan’s Chilgoza (pinenut) forest. The fire has been raging for 12 days and has claimed the lives of at least three people. Details: The fire has now spread to two districts across the province, consuming at least six acres of land. A helicopter has also been dispatched to help put out the fire. The NDMA has supplied the Balochistan government with firefighting equipment. Why it matters: The pinenut forest is one of the world’s largest and is home to wildlife such as deer. “A raging forest fire has engulfed the Chilgoza Forest in Balochistan’s Suleiman Range “Hundreds of hectares have been reduced to ash, endangering wildlife and local communities,” the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Pakistan tweeted. Request for suo-moto: Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail of the Supreme Court requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the situation as the fire poses serious threats to wildlife and the environment. He added that the chief justice should issue orders to deal with the situation effectively. Update: While chairing a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Climate Change, Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman asked NDMA to assist in putting out the fire in Balochistan.