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The fire that had broken out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday has been completely doused thanks to the effect of rainfall, the environment ministry said.
The Sundarbans fire has been completely extinguished, Khulna Circle Forest Conservator Mihir Kumar Doe was quoted in a statement of the ministry on Tuesday.
Rain started at the fire-hit places at around 5:30 pm on Monday. On Tuesday, the members of the forest department and fire service arrived at the spot and started monitoring the fire site through drones, Mihi added.
Hourly drone monitoring has been done since morning, but no sign of fire was found anywhere in the forest. Besides, several teams visited the spot on foot inside the forest but found no sign of fire anywhere, the statement continued.
Inspection revealed that the fire site was substantially soaked with water as a result of rainfall. Water has accumulated somewhere.
In the review of the overall situation, it has been confirmed that the fire in the forest area under the Amarbunia camp of Sundarbans has been extinguished.
On the other hand, the chairman of the committee formed to assess the loss of biodiversity due to the fire in Sundarban said that the work of assessing the loss of forest resources and biodiversity in the wake of the fire and preparing recommendations about the next steps will be started soon, read the statement.