A devastating fire that broke out tonight is destroying thousands of acres of land within the Tsavo West National Park and endangering the lives of thousands of wild animals.
The images of a video posted by a motorist along the Mombasa-Nairobi motorway at Mwakitau, after you, leave no doubt. The fire is much larger in scale than the one that broke out in May 2019, causing extensive damage to Kenya's largest nature reserve, reducing 4000 acres of land to ashes.
The Kenya Wildlife Service is already at work but at dawn no planes had yet been seen flying over the area and currently, at 9 a.m. Kenyan time, no official statement has yet been issued.
The greatest danger is represented by the fear of animals that, besides being trapped in the flames and losing their lives, can escape everywhere, even outside the park and find themselves in problematic situations for them and for humans. In addition to the medium- to long-distance damage caused by the lack of vegetation and therefore of food for many animal species, which will force them to migrate or seriously endanger their lives due to hunger.
According to sources reported in the national media, the inferno could have been caused by a boy who in an area not far from the Lualenyi reserve, run by the Italian Davide Gremmo, set a fire to burn brushwood. Flames that with the strong wind of these days would have spread quickly and spilled out of control.

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The official KWS press statement arrived this morning.
Saying that three fires have been reported in the Tsavo National Parks area, the first in the Taita Ranches adjacent to Tsavo National Park East. This first fire was contained before invading the park. Efforts are now focusing on putting out the second one, in the southern part of Tsavo National Park West.
The third fire broke out in the Kikunduku area in Chyulu National Park at 7.30 last night and was put out by our teams.
We'll keep you updated.