Two Kenya Wildlife Service rangers have died while on a fire fighting mission in the Aberdare National Park. The national park has been ravaged by wild fires for the past six days with KWS saying the most affected area is the moorlands. Acting Director general Erustus Kanga broke the news about the death of the rangers when he visited the area on Monday to assess the firefighting operations. The DG expressed his condolences to the Park as they lost two of their staff during the firefighting operations," KWS said in a statement. In early February 2022, more than 550 hectares of the Aberdare forest were destroyed by a fire that started on the night of February 5.

Source: The Star February 14, 2023 00:44 UTC