Fires shaped Mount Kilimanjaro’s unique environment. Now they threaten it
Fires shaped Mount Kilimanjaro’s unique environment. Now they threaten it: Fires on Kilimanjaro, October 2020. Thomas Becker/picture alliance via Getty Images In October, firefighters in Tanzania had to tackle a number of fires on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain and the largest free-standing mountain in the world. The mountain and surrounding forests fall into Kilimanjaro …