Fire breaks out at Sundarbans’ Chandpai range
Bagerhat: Nearly two weeks into a fire incident that took place in the Sundabans, another fire erupted at Abdullah Shila in Chandpai range of the world’s largest mangrove forest in Sharankhola upazila on Wednesday morning.
Mohammad Saidul Islam, divisional forest officer of Sundarbans East Zone, said the fire originated at Abdullah Shila adjacent to Nangli camp at about 10:00am.
Officials of the forest department have already cut a fire lane to stop the spread of the fire, Saidul added.
Meanwhile, a firefighting unit started for the spot from Morelganj.
Earlier on 27 March, a fire broke out in the Dhanshagor station’s Nangli forest camp area of the Sundarbans’ Chadpai range, located in the eastern part of the mangrove forest, reported UNB.