Namibia deploys army to fight fire in one of Africa’s largest reserves | Climate Crisis News

The fire has burned through one third of Etosha National Park, home to the endangered black rhinoceros.

Namibia has deployed more than 500 soldiers to help fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest wildlife reserves, Prime Minister Tjitunga Ngurare Manongo said in a social media post.

Manongo said, starting Sunday, the troops would help firefighters, police, and volunteers who are already fighting the “raging fire”.