00:01Aerial footage shows the damage wrought by a wildfire raging across Mount Kenya.
00:08Firefighting teams have been battling the blaze for nine days.
00:13More than 8,000 hectares of vegetation have been destroyed, according to the Mount Kenya Trust.
00:21The Conservation Group says it's concerned about the damage to wildlife, water sources and the mountain's fragile, high-altitude habitats.
00:32Mount Kenya National Park and the surrounding forest are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00:39They include forests, wetlands and alpine ecosystems.
00:45Communities, farms and wildlife across parts of central and eastern Kenya depend on water from rivers originating on the mountain.
00:55The wider ecosystem is also home to threatened wildlife, including the critically endangered mountain Bongo.
01:05At more than 5,000 metres, Mount Kenya is the country's highest mountain, and the second highest in Africa.
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