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KENYA:A HUGE WILDFIRE HAS DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF THE FOREST(KENYA:MOTO MKUBWA UMECHOMA MAELFU YA EKARI ZA MSITU )

A huge fire on Kenya's tallest mountain is stampeding big game animals down the slopes to safety.A huge fire on Kenya's tallest mountain is stampeding big game animals down the slopes to safety.Wildfires have destroyed large tracts of grassland in northern Kenya“In the areas we have managed to visit, the loss of vegetation is large, at least 20,000 hectares,” said an officer with the Kenya Forest service in the town of Wajir, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly. He said an overall assessment to establish the total level of destruction had yet to be conducted.
Sources:TZMPAKAAU,AL Jazeera,Irin and Express.co.uk