Due to the dry weather conditions more forest fires have been reported from the Badulla District over the week. More than 30 acres in the forest reserve around the Rawana Falls, that attract thousands of tourists to the area, were destroyed in a fire. However, due to the intervention of Wildlife and Forest officials who [...]
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Due to the dry weather conditions more forest fires have been reported from the Badulla District over the week.
More than 30 acres in the forest reserve around the Rawana Falls, that attract thousands of tourists to the area, were destroyed in a fire. However, due to the intervention of Wildlife and Forest officials who were able to create a buffer zone, the spread of the fire was controlled.
Acting Officer-in-Charge of Police H P Palitha said that Police, Disaster Management officials, guides, and area residents joined in the effort to prevent the spread of the fire.
The fires had spread rapidly due to the heavy winds experienced these days.
Residents said that they could observe smoke from several locations indicating that several fires were taking place simultaneously over the past few days. One of the fires was reported from the Poravagala tourist observation point.
Chairman of the Bandarawela Pradeshiya Sabhawa Wasantha Sanjeewa Somsiri said that with the help of the army, Wildlife Department, and non-academic staff of schools they were able to create a buffer zone to protect the tourist observation point.
Some of the areas frequented by elephants in Mahiyanganaya, Dambagolla, Beragala and Meegahakivula too have been destroyed in the fires.
So far over 1,000 acres have been destroyed in fires in the district.
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