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Prime Minister has ordered financial assistance for farmers affected by the damage to their standing crops in Sialkot due to a firing incident.
He directed the Punjab government to immediately give assistance cheques to the farmers whose 90,000 kilograms worth of wheat crop was burnt.
The incident of burning of crops occurred on April 23 at Bela Pull Bajwan in Bijot sector. Wheat crop on 77 acres area was burnt affecting 15 farmers.
According to the investigation, the fire was ignited due to a fault in a harvesting machine. The fire further expanded when it engulfed a reserve of 80 liters of diesel and the fire brigade could not timely reach it due to the 32 kilometers distance.
However, the fire brigade did manage to control the fire and stop further damage to the standing crops.
