PUTRAJAYA: A 200ha jungle area in the Binsuluk Forest Reserve in Beaufort, Sabah is still burning, says Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
He said a 20ha area outside the Klias Forest Reserve in Beaufort was also reported to be still burning.
About 80 per cent of the fires in the Kimanis/Bongawan and Jalan Membakut/Bongawan forest areas, covering 300ha and 200ha, respectively, had been doused, he said.
“The fire which destroyed 50ha of jungle at the Padas Damit Forest Reserve has also been totally put out,” he said in a statement today on the status of forest fires in Beaufort, Sabah.
Wan Junaidi said the fires were triggered by activities of farmers who carried out open burning which had spread to the forest reserves. -- Bernama