Nairobi, 24 March-(ANA)-Kenya has mobilised 3,500 security personnel to fight a series of bush fires raging out of control in some of the country's most important forests.
The government estimates that more than 4,600 hectares (11,370 acres) of bushland have already been destroyed.
At least 10 people have been arrested on arson charges. Mau - East Africa's largest forest - and Mount Longonot are among the places worst affected.
Some of the world's most endangered species are threatened.
With fires burning in at least eight forests, Kenyan emergency services are already overstretched.
Police, the national youth service, forestry service workers - all have been drafted in to help save the bushland in some of the country's most important watersheds.(ANA)
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