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Concerns over wildlife, water supply, as wildfire rages across Mount Kenya

A wildfire has burned about 8,700 hectares of vegetation on Mount Kenya since the fire was first reported on Sept 1, Mount Kenya Trust, an environmental conservation group, said.

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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.
00:20The 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.
01:13The Second World Heritage Site
01:14The Princess Leia
01:14The According to God and the Auces of the Project
01:14The Eye of the National Park and the National Park Botanical
01:16The Race of the New Southamコst
01:16The Massacre is a chaotic place and the sky of blocks
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