Kolda: 22 bush fires as well as 717 ha ruined in 13 days

Between February 15 as well as 28, 2022, an overall of 717.3 ha were ruined by bushfires in the Kolda area. From February 15 to today time, all fires reported were late fires. So, since February 28, the area has actually videotaped 22 instances of bushfires that have actually shed 717.3 ha, » stated Lieutenant Colonel Mamadou Goudiaby.

These bush fires are a risk to the setting in Kolda where they eliminate hundreds of hectares in the area yearly. They ruin woodlands as well as fields. According to the local examiner of water as well as woodlands, the majority of the bush fires are intentionally established by the populace. And yet, in each division, area as well as also in each neighborhood, the water as well as forestry solution has actually established town boards to combat versus the scourge. But this does not stop the adversaries of nature from establishing fires, prior to requiring to the skies.

The criminals of bush fires

 »We call the populaces to reaSon as well as welcome them to be cautious as well as to observe the avoidance strategies educated in this issue, significantly the production of firewall programs on their ranches », he stated on Enquête. The lieutenant-colonel includes: « This arrangement can, in the future, safeguard you from such calamities. Before guaranteeing to produce a functioning structure to discover along with the populaces precautionary remedies to this sort of mishap of nature.

According to some Koldois talked to, the criminals of these fires are occasionally cow herdsmans that shed the shrub, looking for brand-new fields, charcoal makers, however likewise other individuals whose intentions are not understood. Moreover, the divisions most influenced by this sensation in the Kolda area are the divisions of Vélingara as well as Médina Yoro Foula.