Wildfires

Bush Fires in Ivory Coast

The practice of starting bush fires that has been widespread in Cote d'Ivoire's central region of Beoumi has left at least eight people dead.

According to a senior forest guard in the area Siriki Ouattara, some residents were trapped by the bush fires in their farms or homes.

The dry season is always perceived as a nightmare in some regions where bush fires destroy farmlands and also cause loss of human life.

The tradition of bush fires which is practiced in the central and northern regions of the country to drive away wild animals and sometimes to prepare farming fields, pose a danger to the people themselves, their farms and their environment.