Be he added that the area will be kept under watch for one or two more days. A three-member committee has begun working to trace the origin of the fire that burnt trees in a 0.53 hectares area. The Fire Service and Civil Defence, with the help of the Forest Department and locals, brought the fire under control after 30 hours of efforts on Tuesday. The Forest Department initially suspected that the fire might have originated from burning cigarette thrown by fishermen or honey collectors. The Sundarbans East Division of the Forest Department recorded 23 fire incidents in the UNESCO world heritage site in the last one and a half decades, according to Belayet.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2021 19:30 UTC