Sundarbans fire under control, Search underway

Firefighters brought a devastating fire in the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, under full control on Tuesday morning, more than 48 hours after it broke out.

Sama Ariful Haque, Senior Station Officer of the Khulna office of the Fire Service confirmed the information.

He said we started spraying water on the fire as soon as the tide came in at night. We have observed very carefully, no fire was found anywhere in the forest. Our members are still inside the forest, they are observing the overall conditions.

Forest department personnel have also started monitoring. After the checking, the forest department will formally announce the issue, he added.

Earlier on Saturday, the fire broke out at the Taper Beel of the Kalamtezi forest patrol outpost of the Dhansagar station of the Sundarbans East Forest Division.