{"id":12604,"date":"2020-08-10T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12604"},"modified":"2020-08-10T18:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:23:26","slug":"tsavo-park-fire-extinguished-kws-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/tsavo-park-fire-extinguished-kws-says","title":{"rendered":"Tsavo park fire extinguished, KWS says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Hillary Orinde<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A multi-agency team on Monday put out the big fire consuming the Tsavo Conservation area, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.<\/p>\n<p>The fire, believed to have been ignited by arsonist, started on Saturday at Mgeno and Lumo conservancies at the Tsavo West National Park. KWS said by 10:00pm on Sunday night, the interagency team \u2013 including local volunteers, the National Youth Service and the military \u2013 had contained the fire but strong winds in the area reignited it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This morning the team successfully fought the fire at Murka area,&#8221; KWS said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It added that both aerial and ground teams were mobilised, with graders, water bowsers and fire engines at the site to augment the fight to extinguish the fire.\u00a0There will be a team stationed at the park for the next 24 hours to watch out for any further outbreak.\u00a0Tsavo is Kenya&#8217;s biggest national park and one of the largest wildlife ecosystems in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Its existence is, however, threatened by recurrent fires that are crippling conservation efforts.\u00a0This week\u2019s fire is the seventh to be reported in the area within a month.\u00a0While promising investigations into the fires that have consumed thousands of acres, authorities have often blamed illegal herders from communities neighbouring the park as some of the fires start inside protected areas.<\/p>\n<p>Park officials hold that they are still pursuing the suspected arsonists and have not outlined the full extent of the damage caused the fires.\u00a0Tens of animals have been killed in the fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Hillary Orinde AfricaPress-Kenya: A multi-agency team on Monday put out the big fire consuming the Tsavo Conservation area, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said. 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