A fire broke out in the Sundarbans East Zone under Mongal upazila on Wednesday.
DFO of the Sundarbans East Zone M Amir Hossain Chowdhury said forest guards first spotted the fire near Gulishakhali Camp under Chandpai Range in the afternoon.
Trees on a five- acre land were burned down as the fire was razing through the world’s largest mangrove forest till filing of the report around 10:30pm.
The DFO said a team of 60 forest guards were struggling to douse the blaze that might have originated from a cigarette butt.
He said a fire lane was dug surrounding a 3.5-acre area so that the flame cannot spread through other parts of the forest, hoping to extinguish the fire within several hours.
A fire broke out in the Sundarbans East Zone under Mongal upazila on Wednesday.
DFO of the Sundarbans East Zone M Amir Hossain Chowdhury said forest guards first spotted the fire near Gulishakhali Camp under Chandpai Range in the afternoon.
Trees on a three- acre land were burned down as the fire was razing through the world’s largest mangrove forest till filing of the report around 10:30pm.
The DFO said a team of 60 forest guards were struggling to douse the blaze that might have originated from a cigarette butt.
He said a fire lane was dug surrounding a 3.5-acre area so that the flame cannot spread through other parts of the forest, hoping to extinguish the fire within several hours.
Source: Banglanews, UNBconnect
