Information collected by US space agency, Nasa, appears to corroborate the claim by the Tanzanian authorities that much of the fire on the slopes of Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, has been contained.
Nasa’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, which uses satellite data to detect thermal hot spots, showed a fire burning in just one place on Sunday.
The system doesn’t indicate any active fire in the location on Monday – although it’s possible the latest data has not yet been uploaded.
The most recent aerial satellite image of the fire – taken on Sunday – doesn’t give us a clear enough view of what’s happened because of cloud cover.
However, a satellite image from Saturday showed a thick cloud of smoke rising, with the fire burning across a length of about 3 km (1.9 miles).
The fire comes two years after a week-long inferno destroyed thousands of hectares of woodland on Mount Kilimanjaro’s slopes.
Mount Kilimanjaro, which is 5,895m (19,341ft) high, is a popular tourist destination and tens of thousands of people climb it every year.
Read more about the fire here.
