A terrible fire in the Sundarbans
Bangladesh
representative 2024-05-04
A terrible fire broke out in the Sundarbans east of Sharankhola in Bagerhat. On Saturday (May 4) at noon, the fire took place in Amurbunia area of Chandpai range of East Sundarbans.
Since this incident, forest workers and local villagers are working to control the fire by sprinkling water. However, the forest department could not tell how the fire started in that area of the forest.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of East Sundarbans Division Kazi Muhammad Nurul Karim confirmed this information to the media.
He said, on Saturday afternoon, the forest workers saw smoke rising from the coil of fire in Amurbunia area of Chandpai range of Sundarbans. After that they started to put out the fire. Later, local villagers along with the forest workers also joined the work of extinguishing the fire.
The officer of the East Sundarbans Division also said that it is not yet possible to say how the fire started. It is not yet known what kind of forest plants there are in that area of the forest. Details will be known later.
Bangladesh /MP
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