Less than a month after wildfires consumed hundreds of hectares of land in Isiolo, similar fires broke out in the Aberdare and Mt Kenya forests on Wednesday morning, with authorities struggling to contain them.
Officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) confirmed the incident, stating that they were actively battling the fires to bring the situation under control.
KWS Senior Assistant Director in the Mountain Conservation Area, Lucy Mwati, said that several teams were working to contain the fire in the Embaringo section of the Aberdare Forest.
Rhino Ark, a non-governmental conservation group, also confirmed that they had deployed helicopters in collaboration with other partners to assist KWS and KFS officers.
