Fire that
broke out at the weekend on Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, has
continued to burn on Tuesday, with about 500 people working to extinguish the
flames.
This was according to the Tanzania National Parks Authority.
“We are going
to use the helicopter to fly over the mountain so as to assess the vulnerable
areas so we can move quickly in case the fire spreads to those areas,’’ said a
statement from the authority.
Spokesman
Pascal Shelutete said the size of the affected area is yet to be established,
but that the helicopter should help clear this up.
He also said
that they are yet to establish the cause of the blaze.
There are no
human settlements within the Kilimanjaro National Park.
At 5,895
meters, Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world,
formed by a dormant volcano near East Africa’s Rift Valley.
dpa/NAN
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