No one was harmed in the fire that had been raging since Friday, said Nurdin Babu from the responsible regional government on Saturday. 320 firefighters have been on duty since early morning. Dense clouds of smoke and winds made the work difficult, according to the information. It has not yet been clarified why the fire broke out.
It burns on the mountain at about 3,900 meters. According to a statement from the Tanzanian park authority on Saturday, easily combustible plants grow there in the climatic mountain zone of the heathland.
It’s not the first fire on Kilimanjaro. About two years ago, residents and employees of the Tanzanian park authority managed to extinguish a fire after a few days.
At 5,895 meters, Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain and a popular tourist destination. Every year about 50,000 people make their way to the summit.
Source: Nachrichten
