Kenya: Firefighters Battle to Contain Mountain Fires
Firefighters have been forced to resort to traditional methods like clearing vegetation to create fire breaks to keep the flames from spreading to new areas.-
Kenya: State to Purchase Firefighting Equipment
The Star, 21 March 2012
THE government is in the process of securing firefighting equipment worth Sh200 million to combat fires being experienced in forests and wildlife parks. Read more »
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Kenya: Fire Destroys 5,000 Hectares in Aberdare Park
The Star, 21 March 2012
FIRE fighters are struggling to save the Aberdare National Park from raging flames that have been burning it for 12 days yesterday. Read more »
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Kenya: Conflict Fears As Wildfires Destroy Pasture, Cause Displacement
UNIRIN, 20 March 2012
Wildfires have destroyed large tracts of grassland in northern Kenya, giving rise to fears of conflict between pastoralist communities amid an already serious food security crisis. Read more »
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Kenya: Aberdare, Mt Kenya Fires Rage On
The Star, 19 March 2012
Fire fighters were struggling to save the Aberdare National Park from raging flames for the fifth day yesterday. Read more »
Raging fires on Mount Kenya has destroyed indigenous trees, thousands of acres of dry grasslands and has endangered thousands of wild animals in the area.
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18 March 2012
Fire Destroys Mt Kenya Forest
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- KENYA Citizen TV
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The Kenya Wildlife Service has enlisted the support of other Kenyan security forces and the local community to contain a forest fire that has ... see more »
