Indeed, when the British first arrived here in 1850s to establish a new hill-station in India, Murree was still known as Mari ... Commanding, as one book puts it, "magnificent views over forest-clad ...

Vast stretches of forests in the picturesque hills of Murree and Galyat are engulfed in raging wildfires, with thick plumes of smoke visible during the day and fiery flames lighting up the night sky.